andyp
Well-Known Member
Hi.
So this is my second batch, and is another kit. Here are the the details, but first the question if you want to skip the story:
How unusual/bad is it for a primary to finish within the first 24hrs? Will the off flavours be noticeable?
I got a new pail to use as a primary, and not realising that he pail and recipe were both for 23L I decided to just hook up a blow off tube (expecting lots of foam).
OG: 1.056 (The Brew House Red Ale Kit)
I pitched the yeast cake from my first kit, since they used the same yeast, but I awakened it for 24hr with some delicious sugar water to get it going, so I had about 500ml of yeast starter that was active. This was late yesterday afternoon.
Very soon after pitching I started to get a good amount of foaming out the sides of the lid. I realised then that this particular lid style doesn't seal tightly all the way around, and very little pressue was coming out the blow off tube but rather escaping around the edges.
This morning there was no activity in the tube and it looked like the escaping foam was done. After work, the same...but then I noticed a pretty good amount of wort had escaped into the plastic bag I had wrapped around the pail (maybe 300ml-ish?). I switched the tube to an airlock, but no movement there either. Now I come home from after hockey, about 30hr after pitching, and see no activity in the airlock still. I thought I had either got the fermentation stuck or the gas was escaping out the lid unseen. I thought I might mix up the wort a bit, and decided to take a reading at the same time, just for the heck of it and the SG= 1.013. Wow, that was fast.
Now that I disturbed it, of course, it's bubbling away like mad. So, if it's not done already it will be pretty darn soon. Have I pitched too much yeast, over oxygenated it (I was very vigorous), and will the flavour be way off because of the quick fermentation? Honestly, as my second batch I'm shooting for drinkable...so I'm sure this will be that...but I just want to learn the ropes!
So this is my second batch, and is another kit. Here are the the details, but first the question if you want to skip the story:
How unusual/bad is it for a primary to finish within the first 24hrs? Will the off flavours be noticeable?
I got a new pail to use as a primary, and not realising that he pail and recipe were both for 23L I decided to just hook up a blow off tube (expecting lots of foam).
OG: 1.056 (The Brew House Red Ale Kit)
I pitched the yeast cake from my first kit, since they used the same yeast, but I awakened it for 24hr with some delicious sugar water to get it going, so I had about 500ml of yeast starter that was active. This was late yesterday afternoon.
Very soon after pitching I started to get a good amount of foaming out the sides of the lid. I realised then that this particular lid style doesn't seal tightly all the way around, and very little pressue was coming out the blow off tube but rather escaping around the edges.
This morning there was no activity in the tube and it looked like the escaping foam was done. After work, the same...but then I noticed a pretty good amount of wort had escaped into the plastic bag I had wrapped around the pail (maybe 300ml-ish?). I switched the tube to an airlock, but no movement there either. Now I come home from after hockey, about 30hr after pitching, and see no activity in the airlock still. I thought I had either got the fermentation stuck or the gas was escaping out the lid unseen. I thought I might mix up the wort a bit, and decided to take a reading at the same time, just for the heck of it and the SG= 1.013. Wow, that was fast.
Now that I disturbed it, of course, it's bubbling away like mad. So, if it's not done already it will be pretty darn soon. Have I pitched too much yeast, over oxygenated it (I was very vigorous), and will the flavour be way off because of the quick fermentation? Honestly, as my second batch I'm shooting for drinkable...so I'm sure this will be that...but I just want to learn the ropes!