32 Hours And No Airlock Activity - Page 2

BNVince · 08-03-2007, 02:00 PM

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Originally Posted by ohiodad

If your lid is puffed up I wouldn't worry.. That airlock will be bubbling soon... I think if you pitched the WL yeast right in the wort you are going to have some lag time.. Give it another day..

Oh I hope you are right. It does look like there is a bit of pressure on the lid because even a slight touch of the lid causes bubbles.

I would hate to see this batch go dead because the wort smelled so good. Everybody say a prayer to the beer gods for me.

RickWG · 08-03-2007, 02:44 PM

Brewed on Sunday and didn't get any ANY nice little foamy bubbles until wednesday night. chugging along nicely now. mail order is hard on yeast sometimes.

BNVince · 08-05-2007, 06:25 PM

Well I'm finally getting some nice bubbling in the airlock today. I just hope that the brew didn't get infected.

McKBrew · 08-05-2007, 09:29 PM

wouldn't worry about it a bit.

BNVince · 08-05-2007, 11:36 PM

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Originally Posted by McKBrew

wouldn't worry about it a bit.

I like the way you think.

homebrewer_99 · 08-05-2007, 11:44 PM

One word: STARTER, STARTER, STARTER...OK, it was 1 word, but 3 times.

Here's a pic of the yeast I washed from 2 batches of the same recipe Weizen. This can last a long time...I mean over 1 year:

BNVince · 08-06-2007, 12:23 AM

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Originally Posted by homebrewer_99

One word: STARTER, STARTER, STARTER...OK, it was 1 word, but 3 times.

Here's a pic of the yeast I washed from 2 batches of the same recipe Weizen. This can last a long time...I mean over 1 year:

Yeah, I have learned that the hard way. I'm going to make a starter for sure on the rest of my brews. I'm not sure about yeast washing though. I don't know anything about that.

homebrewer_99 · 08-06-2007, 03:09 AM

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Originally Posted by BNVince

Yeah, I have learned that the hard way. I'm going to make a starter for sure on the rest of my brews. I'm not sure about yeast washing though. I don't know anything about that.

Somer's Point!!?? Hell, I used to live in AC for a couple of years.

The wife of one of the guys I worked with in Germany for a couple of years is from Pleasantville. She even had a tape on canoeing the Batsto and Green rivers where me and a few of my friends canoed more than a dozen times.

Is Gravely Run still a hangout? I remember going there in '71 when we used to swing off the Tarzan swing...drinking, smoking, getting laid, skinny dipping, etc...

Washing is really easy and has a good payoff...fresh new (more and FREE) yeast for future batches. Do a search on washing. There's a lot of instructions on how to do it.