bruben
Active Member
Hey guys. I'm a newbie brewer. I brewed my first batch this past Wednesday night. It was a pale ale from a kit from the local brew store. Everything was fine until I added the wort to the primary fermenter. I added 3 gallons of the hot wort to two gallons of cold water. At this time I had no ideas to cool it down. I set it outside with the lid on to cool to 75. As I was waiting I fell asleep watching tv and didn't pitch the yeast till the next morning.
Is this an issue? It took about 24 hours to see any activity in the airlock. I was getting activity about every 45 seconds. After two days there's been no activity. I'm sure I'm just paranoid. When I pitched the yeast my wort was at 72 degrees and has been fermenting between 71 and 74 degrees.
Is this an issue? It took about 24 hours to see any activity in the airlock. I was getting activity about every 45 seconds. After two days there's been no activity. I'm sure I'm just paranoid. When I pitched the yeast my wort was at 72 degrees and has been fermenting between 71 and 74 degrees.