I used safale S33 for the first time on an old ale recipe from Dave Line. As Experienced by others, the fermentation was vigorous for the first 24 hours, then nothing. Gave the brew a good stir but still nothing. The OG was 6.4 with FG of 2.2. After 5 days with no further action I gave up and I racked of to clear with finings before bottling.
After a further 7 days I dragged the brew out to bottle and to my surprise the air lock was bubbling away nicely and SG is down to 2.0. The temp of late has been exceptionally high so this is probably the explanation as beer temp is up to 25C and hasnt cleared at all. Still, as this is my first time with this yeast, does anyone have an alternative explanation?
I intend to leave the brew a little longer and observe the unexpected fermentation. Might be an interesting end result.