Fermentation is stuck - SS classic turbo.

by **marc83** » Sat Jul 31, 2010 9:05 am

Hi ozibrewer,never had a stuck wash before,im quite strict trying to keep the washes at the correct condition,i think the Classic is by far the easiest,possibly fool-proof to make.What do you think happened?Did you have it covered(wrapped in a blanket) and on a heat pad or something??the classic can pretty much fully ferment without either,and even with our weather here at the mo,have done two in as many weeks,both uncovered and no heatpad.On the other hand if fermenting outside,did the temp drop too far and stick??A good stir up and some heat would have kick started it again...And how much sugar did you use??You will still get some drink out of it just not as much.Good learning experience to add to the back of the mind.Better luck for the next one,and post your results from this one.

by **ozibrewer** » Sat Jul 31, 2010 3:05 pm

Hi Marc. It\'s not all bad.
I got enough from the first 4 litres to get over two 700ml bottles at 37% ABV. So my 16 litres of wash is still (no pun intended) going to give me about 8 1/2 bottles which I\'m very pleased with for the first attempt.
I\'m fairly certain it stopped after about 6-7 days because it got a bit cold. I had it wrapped in a sleeping bag but it\'s been pretty cold over in South West Oz this month. I bought a heating belt and did slap it around a bit before adding the second yeast but it didn\'t get up.
The belt should sort out future batches I hope.
The sun\'s just gone over the yard-arm over here so I\'m going to have a taste. :-)
PS - how do you get an avatar up on this site??

by **ozibrewer** » Sat Jul 31, 2010 3:07 pm

Sorry about the PS - I\'ve just found the sticky - was getting ahead of myself posting without doing the due diligence!!

by **ozibrewer** » Sat Jul 31, 2010 3:36 pm

Just chking to see whether it worked.

by **MrCat** » Mon Aug 02, 2010 2:01 pm

Over the weekend one of the 25 litre washes stopped bubbling and it\'s down to .990 so the turbo clear went in last night in preperation for a stripping run tomorrow night.
The other fermenter is still bubbling quite happily so I\'ve not checked the SG on that.
Seems the Still Spirits method works quite nicely