Apollo Cream Ale

April 11, 2021

OG: 1.043 FG: 1.008 ABV: 4.6%

I modified the recipe a bit to do a 30 minute boil. I removed tubing while transfering from kettle to fermenter and allowed it to pour through a funnel with a screen. Yeast was hydrated for this batch and I shook the fermenter for 1 minute after pitching. Yeast were active and airlock was bubbling within 8 hours. Let's hope that's a good sign.

I measured FG with a refractometer and once again it appeared my fermentation stalled at 1.020 which seemed oddly suspicious. Turns out, refractometers aren't accurate when the liquid contains alcohol. After checking with hydrometer, it showed 1.008. What a painful way to learn a lesson.

Recipe

Note: the recipe lists US-05, but I actually used CellarScienceĀ® Cali Dry Yeast (12 g). This yeast is new and wasn't listed in brewfather at the time. This yeast had great reviews and was $1 cheaper, so I decided to try it.