SwampassJ
Well-Known Member
In my over-zealousness I over compensated the cold water in my igloo cooler for the carboy and dropped the temperature too much during the night/morning today.
When I pitched the yeast my wort was just below 80 degrees, the time from boiling to 100 was about 6 minutes, from 100-80 about 15 minutes using a pool water bath with an immersion chiller hooked to my pool pump to circulate the cold pool water through the chiller. Pitched the yeast around 78 degrees and plunked the carboy into the igloo cooler with water and two bottles filled with ice. Water temp last night before bed had fallen to 65 degrees, wanting to keep it cold I swapped out the bottles for two fresh ones.
As of now I have 0 bubbling or anything much on top. Gave the carboy a gentle shake and then tested the water tempreture. ~58 degrees so I'm thinking I put the yeast to sleep so I'm trying to change out the colder water with hot water from the tap to bring the water up to around 70, figure the wort will counter chill the water back down a bit closer to 65.
FYI I am using nottingham dry yeast, no starter. Didn't have the yeast in my possession until the night before brew day. If nothing takes off by tomorrow afternoon/night I will make a starter with a backup of yeast I bought just in case I got a bad one.
Going to post pictures later of my brew day.
When I pitched the yeast my wort was just below 80 degrees, the time from boiling to 100 was about 6 minutes, from 100-80 about 15 minutes using a pool water bath with an immersion chiller hooked to my pool pump to circulate the cold pool water through the chiller. Pitched the yeast around 78 degrees and plunked the carboy into the igloo cooler with water and two bottles filled with ice. Water temp last night before bed had fallen to 65 degrees, wanting to keep it cold I swapped out the bottles for two fresh ones.
As of now I have 0 bubbling or anything much on top. Gave the carboy a gentle shake and then tested the water tempreture. ~58 degrees so I'm thinking I put the yeast to sleep so I'm trying to change out the colder water with hot water from the tap to bring the water up to around 70, figure the wort will counter chill the water back down a bit closer to 65.
FYI I am using nottingham dry yeast, no starter. Didn't have the yeast in my possession until the night before brew day. If nothing takes off by tomorrow afternoon/night I will make a starter with a backup of yeast I bought just in case I got a bad one.
Going to post pictures later of my brew day.