ayrton
Well-Known Member
Hi all,
Ok, I'll try to be as detailed as possible. The major components of the recipe are as follows:
-Water from a spring that's nearby a camp that belongs to my wife's grandfather. They've had it tested and there's nothing in it that would inhibit fermentation. It's very clean.
-9 lbs. Coopers light malt extract syrup
-1 lb CaraRed grain
-3 types of hops (forget what they are off the top of my head - one was Tetteneger (sp?))
-3 bags of frozen raspberries (the kind you get at the grocery store)
-White labs German Bock yeast
I steeped the grains at 155 for 30 minutes in 2 gallons of spring water, then added the syrup, brought to a boil, added the first hop and boiled for 30 minutes, added the second hop and boiled for 15 minutes, added the third hop and boiled for 15 minutes, then turned off the heat. I then added some of the cool spring water to bring the wort down to 180 degrees and put the raspberries in for 15 minutes. I put it all into my primary fermenter (the plastic bucket - well-sanitized and rinsed) and used my wort chiller to bring the temperature down to 75 degrees. I aerated the wort by shaking it around a good bit and then shook up the yeast as per instructions and pitched it. I put the lid on, attached the blow-off hose, and when I woke up this morning, there was nada. I attached an airlock and shook up the fermenter again to aerate it, and as of lunchtime, I still have nothing. Help!
Oh, one note: I ordered this stuff from California and I live in PA, and it took about 6 days to get here. Could the time in the truck have damaged the yeast?
Ok, I'll try to be as detailed as possible. The major components of the recipe are as follows:
-Water from a spring that's nearby a camp that belongs to my wife's grandfather. They've had it tested and there's nothing in it that would inhibit fermentation. It's very clean.
-9 lbs. Coopers light malt extract syrup
-1 lb CaraRed grain
-3 types of hops (forget what they are off the top of my head - one was Tetteneger (sp?))
-3 bags of frozen raspberries (the kind you get at the grocery store)
-White labs German Bock yeast
I steeped the grains at 155 for 30 minutes in 2 gallons of spring water, then added the syrup, brought to a boil, added the first hop and boiled for 30 minutes, added the second hop and boiled for 15 minutes, added the third hop and boiled for 15 minutes, then turned off the heat. I then added some of the cool spring water to bring the wort down to 180 degrees and put the raspberries in for 15 minutes. I put it all into my primary fermenter (the plastic bucket - well-sanitized and rinsed) and used my wort chiller to bring the temperature down to 75 degrees. I aerated the wort by shaking it around a good bit and then shook up the yeast as per instructions and pitched it. I put the lid on, attached the blow-off hose, and when I woke up this morning, there was nada. I attached an airlock and shook up the fermenter again to aerate it, and as of lunchtime, I still have nothing. Help!
Oh, one note: I ordered this stuff from California and I live in PA, and it took about 6 days to get here. Could the time in the truck have damaged the yeast?