thedailyaustin
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While my first beer ever was still in the primary I went and purchased another plastic fermentor so I could have 2 batches going at the same time. I cooked up a Brewfest Grand Cru and put it in the new primary about 60 hours ago. The airlock showed no signs of fermentation so I took a reading with the hydrometer and the gravity had dropped about .003 points. So I got to thinking either the yeast isn't going very well or the seal on the fermentor is bad and the CO2 is leaking.
My questions:
1) Should I pitch more yeast? The yeast I used came with the beer kit so I picked up some fresh stuff at the LBS.
2)If the CO2 is leaking, then air is getting in (and possibly some airbourne baddies). Is that going to be a problem? If so, then proceed to question #3.
3) If I siphon the beer into my first fermentor which is now empty, or would that be a bad thing?
I confident that this brew is still going to come out good, but I figured the more I learn about these issues, the better my next batch will be.
Thanks for the help!
-Austin
My questions:
1) Should I pitch more yeast? The yeast I used came with the beer kit so I picked up some fresh stuff at the LBS.
2)If the CO2 is leaking, then air is getting in (and possibly some airbourne baddies). Is that going to be a problem? If so, then proceed to question #3.
3) If I siphon the beer into my first fermentor which is now empty, or would that be a bad thing?
I confident that this brew is still going to come out good, but I figured the more I learn about these issues, the better my next batch will be.
Thanks for the help!
-Austin