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My brew was fermenting like gangbusters for about three days, then stopped cold. What happened?

April 26, 2017brew cold days fermenting happened stopped

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My brew was fermenting like gangbusters for about three days, then stopped cold. What happened?

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Take a specific gravity reading. If the SG is at or near the Final Gravity that the recipe called for, it could just be done. If the reading seems high, you may have a stuck ferment. Give the fermenter a good shake, and follow the steps above for making a yeast slurry.