Jim Karr
Well-Known Member
Last night, I put together a John Bull Stout, no-boil, 6.6 pound kit. I added some Galena hops, 3 ounces of blackstrap molasses, and some licorice from a separate small boil. In the kettle, I steeped 4 ounces of black patent malt.
Put it all together in the bucket, measured the temperature. At the first, my reading was 93 degrees. ( I don't have a chiller, but I've learned my lesson this time.) I put said bucket out onto the porch, where the ambient temperature was in the low 20's.
At bedtime, (10:30) I read the temp at 82 degrees.....so I pitched the yeast and put the bucket into the basement.
This morning, no bubbles in the airlock. With the cover off, I saw absolutely no sign of krausen. I pitched packet number two at 6 am.
By noon, still no bubbles in the airlock. Should I worry?
Put it all together in the bucket, measured the temperature. At the first, my reading was 93 degrees. ( I don't have a chiller, but I've learned my lesson this time.) I put said bucket out onto the porch, where the ambient temperature was in the low 20's.
At bedtime, (10:30) I read the temp at 82 degrees.....so I pitched the yeast and put the bucket into the basement.
This morning, no bubbles in the airlock. With the cover off, I saw absolutely no sign of krausen. I pitched packet number two at 6 am.
By noon, still no bubbles in the airlock. Should I worry?