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I had a similar problem with one of these kits (pale wheat ale). I was tip toeing around the minimum temp (about 18 degrees Celsius) and it stalled at 1.020. I Asked at the brew store and they said to stir it a little and raise the temp. It got down to about 1.016 after that and that was all...

So I brewed a pale wheat ale kit from the brewhouse (pre made all grain wort in a bag, just like a wine kit). I made a couple mistakes, which I already had threads about on here. So the beer is in the bottle now for 5 days. I know, I know, I'm not supposed to taste my beer for 3 weeks, but I...

I checked it this morning and it looks like its back going again. There are small bubbles rising to the surface. Thanks for the tips. My beer is alive!

Well, I think the reason it may have stalled is due to temperature. I was tip toeing on the lower limit of the yeast with no temperature control. Do you think the temp dropping too low could cause the yeast to stall?

And I know I said lager, but technically I'm not making lager. I guess their lager recipes with ale yeast. All the kits come with coopers ale yeast.

I'm not making extract kits. It's pre made packaged all grain wort. I asked the guy at the brew shop and he says they should come out at around 1.010.

The yeast in these kits is coopers ale yeast. Do I have a better chance of reviving the dark ale since it is still sitting on the yeast cake,

The kits I use are pre made wort kits that come in a box just like a wine kit. They're all grain, but pre made. So there is no chance for error anywhere in the wort, unless they messed it up from the factory, which I highly doubt.

So I checked the SG on the dark lager that was in primary for 10 days and it was at 1.020 as well. I would imagine that that one stalled out too if the wheat ale hit that number in 3 days. I gave that one a swish and threw a heat belt on that one too. I picked up a honey blonde ale and another...

When you say that do you mean durning secondary fermentation?

One more thing. I used the heat belt for the first day until the foam rose, then i removed it, as per the brew shops suggestion

Thanks for the tips guys. I put a heat belt on the carboy to raise the temp. The reason I use the heat belt is because I don't want to lug it all the way up the stairs from the basement. I swirled it, but the yeast looks like its caked pretty good on the bottom. The kit didn't just say after 3...

So going ahead and bottling it wouldn't be a good idea then? I cleaned and sanitized my bottles today with anticipation of bottling tomorrow. This kinda has me bummed. I won't make this mistake again though. I have a dark lager that's been in primary 10 days now and I want to transfer it to the...

I'm brewing a brewhouse pale wheat ale beer kit. Not sure what the OG was, but the kit says it should be around 1.045. Now, I followed the kit instructions and transferred to secondary after day 3. The SG at that time was 1.019. The kit said if it was 1.020 or lower to transfer over. I joined...

Not sure that I will have time for a club, but post the info anyway. I'm gonna be going back to work al long harbour shortly and that will take up a lot of my time.