Muntons IPA Status

[drbell]

Hi folks,
I would be very grateful for any comments about the current state of this brew (status report below).
A picture is shown on my blog if it helps - http://bellsbeer.wordpress.com/2008/01/ ... nd-glance/

With the boiler in my house fixed (at least for now) it was time to see what damage had been done to my beer by the cold temperatures in the house. I took the lid off (with a slight hiss) and took a gravity measure with the sterilised hydrometer - it was 1018. This doesn’t seem much below the 1022 from 8 days ago (which was measured 5 days after the beer was started.) I gave the beer a stir with the stirrer (which I had also sterilised) for 10 or 15 seconds to get the yeast mixed back in, trying to stir firmly but without splashing and introducing oxygen. I took a picture and then quickly replaced the lid.

I intend to measure the gravity again tomorrow and if it has not decreased, I will give the beer a longer stir to hopefully encourage the yeast to get back to work over the weekend.

Observations:

* the beer had a few clumps what appeared to be dry brown powder floating on the top
* the beer still had the very mild but pleasant smell of a light ale
* the scum on the surface that was noticeable on the last inspection after 5 days has gone

[MightyMouth]

double post.

[MightyMouth]

Looks ok, wait till tomorrow and see if there is any activity. I wouldnt bother measuring again tomorrow as it will probably have just gotten started. wait a could days if it has any activity tomorrow.

[drbell]

Thanks for the comments. I'll keep my fingers crossed over the weekend then, and may have to make a trip to the home brew shop to get some yeast.