Making a Brewer's Best Rya Pale Ale. Very happy with the way the cooking went, kept the "steep to convert" in the 148-152 range for 45 minutes, did a full wort boil in a 9 gallon pot (with 6 gallons), chilled pretty quick by using a wort chiller to get to 90 then an ice bath, took it to 73 F and then started siphoning. I used star san to sanitize. Used a WLP008 liquid yeast and pitched it direct, then stirred it in a little. I did forget to oxygenate by stirring and when i siphoned there was little to no splashing, so the lack of oxygenation is the only thing I did wrong.
I'm fermenting in a 6.5 gallon bucket and it's sitting on the cement floor of my basement where the ambient temp is about 74. It's been 4 days and nothing happening in the airlock. After 48 hours I took off the airlock and peeked through the hole, there was a thin layer of foam on top. But to date no airlock bubbling.
I haven't check SG yet but it was at 1.055 to start, I will take a reading tomorrow night when I get home. I know that will tell the tale but at this point any thoughts if things are ok or is something wrong? Should I rack to secondary (carboy) tomorrow night? That would be about 5 days in the primary.
I'm fermenting in a 6.5 gallon bucket and it's sitting on the cement floor of my basement where the ambient temp is about 74. It's been 4 days and nothing happening in the airlock. After 48 hours I took off the airlock and peeked through the hole, there was a thin layer of foam on top. But to date no airlock bubbling.
I haven't check SG yet but it was at 1.055 to start, I will take a reading tomorrow night when I get home. I know that will tell the tale but at this point any thoughts if things are ok or is something wrong? Should I rack to secondary (carboy) tomorrow night? That would be about 5 days in the primary.