Well, I got impatient and around 2am I added a new batch of yeast in hopes of getting this thing going. This afternoon I go and take a look and the first signs of a krausen has appeared and the airlock is very slowly bubbling away, so it looks like I'm going to be alright. I'm wondering if the...
Oh, I dunno, maybe 4 pounds of oranges, which equated to about 1/2 to 3/4 inch of orange slurry on the bottom of the carboy? I didn't think that was going to be a problem. Then again I did split the batch and only put about 3 gallons of wort in with the oranges...
Thanks for the reply. It's been 60+ hours now and still no signs of life in the carboy containing the fruit. The other plain Hefeweizen has a nice thick krausen and is bubbling away. Hydrometer shows no change as of yet on the fruit hefe though. At this point do I add a new batch of yeast and...
I just made an extract kit of Hank's Hefeweizen and split it in half before it went into the carboys. One carboy contains about 2 gallons of the original recipe. The other carboy I added the remaining 3 gallons to about 3-4 pounds of heated (and cooled, of course) macerated sweet california...