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Good news! Its bubbling now. I think the temperature in the room was still too cold and my thermometer was off. We had a real warm day yesterday and it started bubbling. I moved it to a warmer room today because its starting to get cold outside. Thanks for all the help. I'm sure I'll be posting...

I mixed 11.5 grams of yeast into 1 cup of water. Then I warmed up a spoonful of extract and 1/2 cup of water. Once that cooled enough I mixed them and covered them in plastic wrap. Thats when I was getting a lot of yeast activity. Should I try putting a second packet of yeast into my fermenting...

My recipe was John Palmer's Cincinnati Pale Ale... * 3-4 lb. Pale malt extract syrup, unhopped * 2 lb. Amber dry malt extract * 12 AAU of bittering hops (any variety) * 5 AAU of finishing hops (Cascade or other) * 2 packets of dried ale yeast I'll checked my hydrometer...

I made my first batch of Palmer's Cincinnati Pale Ale on Sunday the 12th and I haven't seen any activity in my fermenting bucket yet. I got an OG of 1.045 after I put it in the fermentation bucket. Today I just got a measurement of 1.045 again. I rehydrated my yeast before I put it in my...