Is my Wheat Beer FG too low?

[sparky Paul]

Currently residing in the fermenting bucket is a John Bull Masterclass Wheat Beer 3Kg kit. Things have been looking fine so far, but the SG today is 1006 and there still seems to be a little activity... is this normal? Anyone else made this kit before?

SG was 1040, maybe a fraction over, and the yeast used was that supplied. Temperature has been 20-21 °C.

It smells fine and looks normal, it's just that I wouldn't be surprised to see it drop another point or two, and an FG of 1004-5 just seems too low.


What do you chaps reckon?

[sparky Paul]

You're right DaaB, I should give it a taste - though it does smell perfectly okay.

Apart from the bubbles, what makes me think it hasn't finished yet is the fact that it still has a good covering of the foamy from the yeast head - I only started the thing on Tuesday!

[sparky Paul]

It's been about 2 1/2 days fermenting, it just surprised me that the ferment hasn't slowed in the latter stages like it normally does, and I never get an all malt kit to ferment out to this low a FG.

Anyway, your observations are completely correct as usual, the beer tastes fine. In fact it tastes very good indeed...

[Kit_Maker]

A friend of mine has just done this kit and it fermented down to 1005 in a couple of days.

Not having the same luck though. I started the same kit 9 days ago. It started at 1042 then got stuck at 1020. I added dry beer enzyme and it only went down to 1016 where it seems to have stopped. When I added dry beer enzyme to my Woodfordes Wherry it dropped from 1016 to 1006 so I can only put it down to the yeast being no good in the John Bull Wheat beer.

Hey DaaB.....do you think I should add a sachet of Safale04?

[Kit_Maker]

what I mean is ..is there any issue with adding an extra sachet of yeast after 9 days in primary and after adding dry beer enzyme?

[Kit_Maker]

I added yeast vit at the start. I read somewhere that adding too much can effect the taste...is this true? or would you still recommend adding some extra when I add the safale04?

Also, when adding the safale04 should I sprinkle it on top or hydrate it first?

[Kit_Maker]

ok..thanks

I'll give that a shot.

[sparky Paul]

What the hell is in this kit?

I've just been trying to clean up the fermenter, and the gunge around the top of the bucket is stuck like sh!te to a blanket! It's sticky and looks like raw extract hanging on the side, but not even boiling water will shift it! The boiling water does soften it slightly, and then some scrubbing with a brush and some detergent seems got top side of it - it hasn't dissolved, but come off in little sticky bits... I'm still not conviced it's completely clean. I reckon I'll be shoving some soda in tomorrow...