gpfeifer
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Hey all-
I need some advice. Today was brew day (an APA that I've brewed too many times to count- my house beer). I pitched about 6hrs ago now and still have no yeast activity.
I know that lag times can vary significantly but here is why I am worried. I have been harvesting, storing, and reusing various yeast strains for about a year now. This particular yeast is a third generation Wyeast 1056. Normally around this generation I get a super-fast start to the primary (within about 45 minutes I am seeing bubbles and within a couple of hours the yeast is going gang-busters). Nothing changed about my sanitation and collection methods for the harvested yeast- it also smelled and looked good before I pitched today so I thought all was alright but since there is no activity yet I am beginning to wonder.
The only thing that has changed is this. I use a plate-chiller to chill the wort and live in Florida. This time of year my cold water is not that cold so it only chills to around 80 degrees or so (never had a problem with this before though). I chilled to this temp and then pitched the yeast. There was a difference it temperature between the yeast and the wort as I neglected to take the yeast out of the fridge early enough to bring it to ambient room temp. So the yeast was colder than the wort. Here is my question: anyone ever have problems with unhappy yeast due to temp variations between yeast and wort? the wort was by no means hot, so I didn't scald the yeast, but they do not seem to want to work.
Thoughts? Thanks in advance!
I need some advice. Today was brew day (an APA that I've brewed too many times to count- my house beer). I pitched about 6hrs ago now and still have no yeast activity.
I know that lag times can vary significantly but here is why I am worried. I have been harvesting, storing, and reusing various yeast strains for about a year now. This particular yeast is a third generation Wyeast 1056. Normally around this generation I get a super-fast start to the primary (within about 45 minutes I am seeing bubbles and within a couple of hours the yeast is going gang-busters). Nothing changed about my sanitation and collection methods for the harvested yeast- it also smelled and looked good before I pitched today so I thought all was alright but since there is no activity yet I am beginning to wonder.
The only thing that has changed is this. I use a plate-chiller to chill the wort and live in Florida. This time of year my cold water is not that cold so it only chills to around 80 degrees or so (never had a problem with this before though). I chilled to this temp and then pitched the yeast. There was a difference it temperature between the yeast and the wort as I neglected to take the yeast out of the fridge early enough to bring it to ambient room temp. So the yeast was colder than the wort. Here is my question: anyone ever have problems with unhappy yeast due to temp variations between yeast and wort? the wort was by no means hot, so I didn't scald the yeast, but they do not seem to want to work.
Thoughts? Thanks in advance!