Heatwave Brewing?

[AdeFlesk]

Check your gravity, remember the fermentation process would add about 2-3 degrees on top of the room temp,  so your yeast would be flying through your fermentables,

[Eoink]

Check your gravity, remember the fermentation process would add about 2-3 degrees on top of the room temp,  so your yeast would be flying through your fermentables,

This yeast (harvested from a bottle of Westmahle) took about 24 hours to get going which is consistant with previous batches and usually takes 3-4 days for the fementation to finish. Also the krausen wasn't very high , I find the faster a beer ferments the higher the krausen.

But you are right - I should measure before jumping to assumptions, I will test when I get home this evening.

[Eoink]

Just checked the SG it is 1034  from an OG of 1075. As  that would currently  give approx  5.5% abv I guess there is little chance of an infection so I will leave it a couple of  days  to see if it ferments further before repitching.

[Tom]

I think my water supply has changed, thanks to the drought. It's buggered up the tea, so I wonder how it will affect my ale. I can take a change in the beer, BUT NOT THE TEA! Anyone else gone from soft water to hard?

[Eoink]

Just checked the SG it is 1034  from an OG of 1075. As  that would currently  give approx  5.5% abv I guess there is little chance of an infection so I will leave it a couple of  days  to see if it ferments further before repitching.

Started bubbling slowly again about a day later, now down to 1022 after another week. It looks like enough yeast stayed active enough to restart fermentation.