meridianomrebel
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I'm doing my first pilsner, and I'm worried my fermentation has stalled (or perhaps I'm just being impatient).
OG: 1.048
Expected FG: ~1.011
Yeast: WLP815 (with starter)
05/30: Pitched at 48F.
06/11: Gravity reading was at 1.019. I bumped the temp up to 50F as the gravity had been reading at 1.019 for two consecutive days.
06/14: Gravity reading was still at 1.019. Bumped temp to 55F.
06/17: Gravity reading is still at 1.019.
So, it's been nearly a week since the gravity has moved on this. Should I go ahead and bump the temp up to 62F to see if that'll get it to move, or do I need to look at possibly pitching another batch of yeast?
Gravity readings during fermentation was from using the Tilt Hydrometer. Today I pulled a sample and use two glass hydrometers I had to verify that it's not just an issue with the Tilt - both verified that the Tilt is reporting an accurate reading.
OG: 1.048
Expected FG: ~1.011
Yeast: WLP815 (with starter)
05/30: Pitched at 48F.
06/11: Gravity reading was at 1.019. I bumped the temp up to 50F as the gravity had been reading at 1.019 for two consecutive days.
06/14: Gravity reading was still at 1.019. Bumped temp to 55F.
06/17: Gravity reading is still at 1.019.
So, it's been nearly a week since the gravity has moved on this. Should I go ahead and bump the temp up to 62F to see if that'll get it to move, or do I need to look at possibly pitching another batch of yeast?
Gravity readings during fermentation was from using the Tilt Hydrometer. Today I pulled a sample and use two glass hydrometers I had to verify that it's not just an issue with the Tilt - both verified that the Tilt is reporting an accurate reading.