Well not everyone is perfect, and I have demonstrated that in spades. In my attempt to please my wife and make a batch of beer specifically for her the yeast did not want to cooperate. I used liquid yeast for the first time in a “smack pack” and was struggling from the beginning. I hit the pack up and down and it took about 6 days to expand to the usable size. The actual fermentation went well, and while the OG was a little lower that what was expected, it was not a problem. I added the yeast and let that baby go.
The transfer to the carboy and the secondary fermentation also went off without a hitch and everything was looking good. After a couple of weeks I took a gravity reading and had to do a double take. I let is go a week or so more, took another reading and was still confused. The “beer” was about 1.4% alcohol…I put it into a keg hoping that something good might happen, but this is just a wasted batch.
A couple days ago I brewed another witbeer hoping for redemption. This morning I checked it and am somewhat concerned as the bubbles are few and far between. I am hoping a few more days will get that yeast going and I can add another batch to the kegerator!
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“The government will fall that raises the price of beer” – Czech Saying
