I’m brewing a Brewers best Oatmeal Stout extract kit,( first brew), pitched yeast @ 75°F and is fermenting @ 60-65°, I’m using a single fermentation(bucket), O.G. 1.062. Bubbles stopped after the first 36 hours of fermentation, took a reading after 8 days - 1.030. Took another reading 3 days later 1.030 maybe 1.029. The instructions say it should finish at 1.020 - 1.016. I will read it again in a few days. Should I just wait it out? is it gonna ferment any further? Any advice would be helpful
I’d wait a little longer, but I bet it’s done despite what the instructions say. An extract stout could have a lot of unfermentables in it. Can you post your recipe?
I cant say whether your stuck or finished but I will say that I’ve done that same kit before and mine finished at 1.018…
Parroting what I’ve read and been told here: warm it up closer to 70 and rouse the yeast to see if they do s9me more work once back into suspension
Thanks for the advice, it was in my basement on a table @ 61.5°F, I did move it upstairs and now the ambient is 68-70°F so we will see
Is there a way to tell if you’ve converted your unfermentables to good sugars?
http://www.brewersbestkits.com/pdf/1042%202013%20Oatmeal%20Stout%20Recipe.pdf