EdWort
Well-Known Member
My first Octoberfest beer is a wee bit heavy at 1.062 OG. I pitched a pretty darn big WLP029 starter Sunday night and as of this morning, I had fermentation activity of about 1 bloop per 40 seconds on my 3 piece vodka filled airlock.
This is the biggest beer I've ever done, so I'm not sure with the amount of normal lag time. The previous weekend I brewed a rain water Kolsch and put it on a WLP029 cake and had fermentation in under an hour. It was much lighter at 1.044 OG.
I'm out of town now, but I hope I don't have much to worry about. It's in my chest freezer at 65 degrees till I get back.
This is the biggest beer I've ever done, so I'm not sure with the amount of normal lag time. The previous weekend I brewed a rain water Kolsch and put it on a WLP029 cake and had fermentation in under an hour. It was much lighter at 1.044 OG.
I'm out of town now, but I hope I don't have much to worry about. It's in my chest freezer at 65 degrees till I get back.