maida7 said:FYI the Chimay strain is easily available WLP500 and /or wyeast 1214 are the Chimay yeast. Great yeast I used it just recently in a Belgian blond. Yum!
TimTrone said:It is a great strain, but its slow to start. IMO its worth it
chwayock said:Thank you very much. I was getting nervous as I am about 40 hours in and real airlock activity. I'm hoping it's just the slow start. I just hope I didn't drastically under pitch or treat the yeast too hard.
chwayock said:No airlock activity after 48 hrs.
TimTrone said:Still normal. Its super slow to start, but when it gets going it goes nuts. It took my last BDS from 1.12 to 1.011 in about 1 week.
TimTrone said:Still normal. Its super slow to start, but when it gets going it goes nuts. It took my last BDS from 1.12 to 1.011 in about 1 week.
maida7 said:I've never had a long lag time with this yeast. But I always pitch a big active starter. No chilling and decanting. I pitch the starter at high krausen and at fermentation temps.
TimTrone said:That's why. I decant almost every starter.
I wouldn't even start to worry until you get to the 72 hour mark. What temp do you have it at?
chwayock said:It's cooking now. 75
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