cyborgbally
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I brewed an extract kit from Northern Brewer (Black IPA) on Saturday afternoon. This is my second batch and the first took about 48 hour before I saw any airlock activity, then it went bat **** crazy and I needed a blow off tube. Both batches have used the Wyeast 1272. It has now been almost 4 days since it went in the fermenter and I have yet to see any bubbles in the blow off.
My concern is that I was in a hurry to get it in the fermener. I had it in the ice bath to cool it down and was checking it periodically and it was @ 80 degrees, then a couple of minutes later it was at 40 degrees. I took it out of the ice bath and added it to the fermenting bucket, then I pitched the yeast. The bucket has been sitting at about 68 degrees since then. Did I make the yeast go dormant? I'm guessing at the very least I may have shocked them, thus making the process take longer.
This is really just the standard newbie "Oh my gosh, the beer is not doing what I expect it too" and I really am expecting the standard, " Just wait a little longer and be patient and you will get beer" response. But just in case, I thought I would make sure I do not need to go get a new yeast packet and add it.
Any insight would be helpful.
My concern is that I was in a hurry to get it in the fermener. I had it in the ice bath to cool it down and was checking it periodically and it was @ 80 degrees, then a couple of minutes later it was at 40 degrees. I took it out of the ice bath and added it to the fermenting bucket, then I pitched the yeast. The bucket has been sitting at about 68 degrees since then. Did I make the yeast go dormant? I'm guessing at the very least I may have shocked them, thus making the process take longer.
This is really just the standard newbie "Oh my gosh, the beer is not doing what I expect it too" and I really am expecting the standard, " Just wait a little longer and be patient and you will get beer" response. But just in case, I thought I would make sure I do not need to go get a new yeast packet and add it.
Any insight would be helpful.