Is my fermentation stuck? What else can I do?

[Emily185]

Hi, I'm currently brewing a Muntons Smugglers ale. O.g. Was 1.051. It's been in the bin for 2.5 weeks and it's only got down to 1.017. Temp has been a constant 19 degrees, but I bumped it up to 20.5 at the weekend when I noticed it was t doing much still.

At the weekend it was 1.020, so it has dropped a bit. I gave it a gentle stir then and upped the temp from 19 to 20.5.
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Should I add more yeast? Give it more time? Or just give up and bottle it?

Thanks

 

[Mark D Pirate]

Something wrong there , gravity should only go up if you add more sugars or has it now dropped to 1.017 ?
How much yeast did you pitch to start with ?
Rehydrated it ?

 

[GFHomebrew]

Give it another week Emily or wait three days take a sample and if it's not dropped in the last three days she's flocked out of action. Just my 2c there's always more time patience is a vertu they say.