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Questions tagged [stuck-fermentation]

A stuck fermentation is when the yeast stop fermenting early, leaving the final gravity reached considerably above the expected final gravity. Can be caused by temperature swings, poor yeast condition or using a strain with insufficient alcohol tolerance.

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36 hours after pitching straight from the vial, no signs of fermentation, what now?

After pitching noticed yeast was one month past 'best date' (thanks local homebrew shop).No perceptible activity at +36 hours. No krausen, airlock isn’t bubbling wort looks the same as when i poured it in. What are my best options at this point?…
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Stuck fermentation, more yeast?

I have a 2.5-2.75 gallon batch of Amber beer. I brewed it using the biab method. It's been in primary for about 2 weeks. 5 days ago the hydrometer reading was 1.030 and 3 days later it was 1.030. The OG 1.060 was and read after the wort was cooled…
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Specific gravity is the wrong way

I am brewing my first lager, a German Oktoberfest kit from Brewer's Best, after 12 batches of ales. I fermented in the primary for 17 days at 58 degrees and then raised the temperature to 65 degrees for 4 days before racking to secondary. …
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Why does my fermentation keep stalling (round 2)

I asked this question a while back, and got a lot of good suggestions. But they didn't fix the problem. My most recent batch is a witbier. It started at 1.050 and started fermenting in 12 hours. The airlock bubbled rapidly for five days and then…
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my beer has stopped fermenting

Doing and Irish stout fermantation has stopped after a day or very much slowed down temp change may have caused this? Would putting a heat blanket on the bottom restart it?
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Think my fermentation is stuck

I brewed my 5th homebrew this Saturday, an all-grain American stout. By Sunday I had very minimal bubbling. Monday there was a bit more but far less than my previous batches. Today there are none. I've never had a batch bubble this little. …
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Fermentation seems to be stuck at 1.065

My cider started at 1.090 and seems to have stopped at 1.065. I put it in a secondary glass carboy. Do I need more time, it has been about three weeks?
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Stuck fermentation - Should I be concerned?

On Jan 19, I brewed what will end up being a 5 gal. batch of Nut Brown Ale. I had decent mash efficiency and ended up at 1.046 @ 68 deg. after the boil and subsequent cool. I then split the total of six(6) gal of wort evenly into two sanitized…
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Stuck fermentation

I brewed a 5.5 gallon batch of bells two hearted IPA and believe I have a stuck fermentation. It been 9 days since I pitched the yeast. I took a gravity reading at day 8 (1.028) and again at day 9(1.028). Right not if my math is right it is at…
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Re fermentation

I have 2, 6 gallon carboys, one apple & the other peach. The apple is bubbling really good, the peach not at all from what I have seen. Can/should I add more yeast or sugar to kick start it?
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