Yesterday, had been drinking before I started brewing. Measured pre-boil gravity and it was really low. Said screw and added LME to add sugar.
I forgot to adjust for temp! It was pretty much right on the mark. I carried on, figured we'll see how it turns out.
Got worse:
I also forgot to put...
I just ordered a low voltage heater in an ink temp controller.
Will put the heater and carboys in a cupboard in the garage and plug heater I to temp controller.
Will monitor closely for a while and maybe get a small fan to circulate air.
Am looking forward to seeing the difference it makes...
This just happened to me, a red ale stuck at .02 for a couple weeks. It restarted when I gave the carboy a slight shake. I then cleaned a racking tube and swirled up the yeast cake and it has started right up again and is slowly chugging away. Was pretty careful not to introduce O2.
Try...