dirtpusher_AF
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I'm having an internal crisis over my two batches of lager beer I just brewed this weekend. One has almost been in the primary for 72 hours and the other is has been in for 48. Both batches started out bubbling after 18 hours and now they both are not doing a thing except emit a lovely rotten egg smell. Now I understand from all the reading I have done in books and on this forum that this is normal for lagers especially the rotten egg smell.
However, I did read that this could be the result of yeast cells that still haven't fully adapted to the wort or it was an inactive or bad strain of yeast cells and I may have to pitch more yeast. Now here's the dilemma...I live on an island that has no breweries or brewery stores and all my supplies come from Ozark, Missouri and could take up to ten days. If I need to pitch more yeast...what do I do??
Should I just wait until it's time to bottle and let it condition for a while or try to pitch more yeast. The two lagers are:
German Oktoberfest
1 package crystal malted grains
1 package of light, amber, and wheat dry malt extract and hallertauer bittering hops
1 Irish Moss
1 package hersbrucker hop pellets
1 package tettnanger hop pellets
1 package lager yeast
Bavarian Bock
1 package crystal, chocolate and victory malted grains
1 package of light dry malt extract and hallertauer bittering hops
1 Irish Moss
1 package saaz and tettnanger hops
1 package lager yeast
Thanks for you help in advance.
However, I did read that this could be the result of yeast cells that still haven't fully adapted to the wort or it was an inactive or bad strain of yeast cells and I may have to pitch more yeast. Now here's the dilemma...I live on an island that has no breweries or brewery stores and all my supplies come from Ozark, Missouri and could take up to ten days. If I need to pitch more yeast...what do I do??
Should I just wait until it's time to bottle and let it condition for a while or try to pitch more yeast. The two lagers are:
German Oktoberfest
1 package crystal malted grains
1 package of light, amber, and wheat dry malt extract and hallertauer bittering hops
1 Irish Moss
1 package hersbrucker hop pellets
1 package tettnanger hop pellets
1 package lager yeast
Bavarian Bock
1 package crystal, chocolate and victory malted grains
1 package of light dry malt extract and hallertauer bittering hops
1 Irish Moss
1 package saaz and tettnanger hops
1 package lager yeast
Thanks for you help in advance.