Hi all,
I'm only on my 3rd batch of beer, i've already drank the 1st Brew House IPA beer I brewed and bottled, it went off without a hitch, and have just bottled a batch of Brew House Pale Ale now.
While the Pale Ale is bottle conditioning, i just started a new batch of Festa West Coast IPA, but in the past 24 hours, there is no activity in the airlock at all, and just a very slight coating of tiny bubbles on the surface of the wort.
Should i worry?
The wort is a constant 68 degrees all day today, but yesterday, it was down around 64 degrees as we lost our power unfortunately.
The only reason I'm worried is because the brew house kits fermentation was fast and very violent, so i kinda expected the same with this Festa kit.
What do you think?
The only thing I realized that I did wrong was use the wrong measuring cup to hydrate the yeast in, it was 500ml instead of 250ml, will that make a difference? Will twice the water screw up the yeast?
I made sure the boiled water came down to around 80 degrees before adding the yeast packet to it, so I don't think I screwed that up or anything!
Maybe I'm just over reacting due to my inexperience, but all I have to go by is the other 2 kits I've made, so are Festa kits different in their fermentation?
Thanks!
Chris
I'm only on my 3rd batch of beer, i've already drank the 1st Brew House IPA beer I brewed and bottled, it went off without a hitch, and have just bottled a batch of Brew House Pale Ale now.
While the Pale Ale is bottle conditioning, i just started a new batch of Festa West Coast IPA, but in the past 24 hours, there is no activity in the airlock at all, and just a very slight coating of tiny bubbles on the surface of the wort.
Should i worry?
The wort is a constant 68 degrees all day today, but yesterday, it was down around 64 degrees as we lost our power unfortunately.
The only reason I'm worried is because the brew house kits fermentation was fast and very violent, so i kinda expected the same with this Festa kit.
What do you think?
The only thing I realized that I did wrong was use the wrong measuring cup to hydrate the yeast in, it was 500ml instead of 250ml, will that make a difference? Will twice the water screw up the yeast?
I made sure the boiled water came down to around 80 degrees before adding the yeast packet to it, so I don't think I screwed that up or anything!
Maybe I'm just over reacting due to my inexperience, but all I have to go by is the other 2 kits I've made, so are Festa kits different in their fermentation?
Thanks!
Chris