Stuck APA

I've got an APA that seems to be stuck at 1.020 after 3rd week. Taken 3 readings in as many days. I'd hate to think this ones done. Below is the recipe. Done on beersmith. Took this pic with my iPhone, sorry. My OG was 1.051.

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Your not that far off. Did you oxygenate your wort and add nutrients for the yeast? That can make a big difference in getting those final numbers. Also, about how much yeast did you pitch? Was it just the one package? I don't work with US-05, or any dry yeast for that reason, so I am not sure how many viable yeast cells are in the normal package of US-05. Normally, I need a starter with all my beers when using liquid yeast. Usually when your gravity is a bit short it falls into the yeast not being happy with O2 and Nutrients or not enough yeast being pitched.

I pitched one pack, I've never done a starter, never had to. Is there anything I can do now?

You could raise the temp up if you haven't already and see if the yeast pick up again but I doubt it will, The program possibly didn't account for the carapils or the fermentablility of the extract you used differed from what was programed. You wouldn't want to make a starter for dry yeast. And you have about the right pitching rate if you rehydrated it properly

buzbey said:

You could raise the temp up if you haven't already and see if the yeast pick up again but I doubt it will, The program possibly didn't account for the carapils or the fermentablility of the extract you used differed from what was programed. You wouldn't want to make a starter for dry yeast. And you have about the right pitching rate if you rehydrated it properly

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I slowly raised the temp for the last five days , 2 deg. per day to 71 deg. ambient. That's where I'm at now. Gonna dry hop in two days wait a week, cold crash and bottle.

As long as you hit your volumes, your OG will be what the software says it is. You can get stratification in the wort pre-fermentation if you top up with water.