rockout
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Okay, I've done about 15 batches in 2 years, all of them extract brews, and in the process of our current "Mystery Beer" (see https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f39/making-mystery-brew-would-you-mix-these-extracts-111072/ if you care about the details)
It's pretty high-gravity, OG was measured at 1.087. Because this was a beer made of our leftovers, I used a dry yeast packet that I had in the fridge, no starter. Fermentation didn't start until 36 hours after pitching, which didn't freak me out too much because I've had that happen before and no big deal, beer turned out fine.
Here's the twist - 12 hours later (48 hours after pitching), all airlock activity stopped. Not good, I figure. I haven't taken a reading yet, waiting till tomorrow morning, but what do I do if I take a reading and it says 1.065 or something like that? Pitch some different yeast? Make a starter, THEN pitch some different yeast? I have not had this problem before.
It's pretty high-gravity, OG was measured at 1.087. Because this was a beer made of our leftovers, I used a dry yeast packet that I had in the fridge, no starter. Fermentation didn't start until 36 hours after pitching, which didn't freak me out too much because I've had that happen before and no big deal, beer turned out fine.
Here's the twist - 12 hours later (48 hours after pitching), all airlock activity stopped. Not good, I figure. I haven't taken a reading yet, waiting till tomorrow morning, but what do I do if I take a reading and it says 1.065 or something like that? Pitch some different yeast? Make a starter, THEN pitch some different yeast? I have not had this problem before.