I am on my 3rd and 4th batches as a newb. On these, a AHS London pub ale extract kit, and a brewers best Scottish Ale extracy, i decided to try the White labs pitchable vials. Both were in the primarys on Friday evening.
It is now mon AM and i never noticed any airlock activity. I have read all 11 pages in the "fermentation can take 24 to 72 hrs to start" sticky after becoming concerned 12 hrs after pitching. I know airlock activity isnt a reliable indicator.
This morning(almost 66 hrs later) i decided to take a SG reading. I removed the airlock on one of the pails and look in the grommet hole and noticed a nice thick brown krauszen on top. I immediately inserted the airlock and will leave both alone for another 5 days or so. I seems the yeast are doing there thing?
On my first batches with dry yeast packets the bubbling started within 12 hours on both batches and went on vigorously for about 48 hrs. I did not use a starter on the white labs vials and know this can help.
Is this common when using the whte labs yeast? Does it seem like everything is progressing normally. No airlock activity on either batch during fermentation, whats the deal?
Thanks for all the great info on this forum
It is now mon AM and i never noticed any airlock activity. I have read all 11 pages in the "fermentation can take 24 to 72 hrs to start" sticky after becoming concerned 12 hrs after pitching. I know airlock activity isnt a reliable indicator.
This morning(almost 66 hrs later) i decided to take a SG reading. I removed the airlock on one of the pails and look in the grommet hole and noticed a nice thick brown krauszen on top. I immediately inserted the airlock and will leave both alone for another 5 days or so. I seems the yeast are doing there thing?
On my first batches with dry yeast packets the bubbling started within 12 hours on both batches and went on vigorously for about 48 hrs. I did not use a starter on the white labs vials and know this can help.
Is this common when using the whte labs yeast? Does it seem like everything is progressing normally. No airlock activity on either batch during fermentation, whats the deal?
Thanks for all the great info on this forum