naderchaser
Active Member
This last Sunday, I repeated a IIPA recipie that I had brewed a few months ago with no problem. Turned out fantastic, actually.
The only things I changed on this go-around was that I added .25 lbs of Carapils, and added 1oz of Falconers Flight during the boil.
Preboil gravity was 1.055
OG was 1.072.
I made sure to sanitize very well, and this is only the second brew with all my new equipment so there shouldn't be a big infection risk. I cooled the wort down to 74 degrees, and shook it around to aerate it prior to pitching (don't have a whisk/aquarium pump available). I pitched 2 vials of WLP001 at around 72 degrees in the carboy (both vials were warmed to room temp before pitching). One of the vials seemed to be about half as full as the other, but both looked healthy.
Well, here we are roughly 60 hrs later, and there has been no activity, no krausen forming. When I first pitched, I moved the carboy to my basement which is more consistent in terms of temp. The first 24 hours were spent at 64-66 degrees.....a bit too cool for the WLP001, but I figured it would just get of to a slower start. After 2 days of no activity, I put a space heater down there to warm it up to 72 degrees, which it has been sitting at for 12+ hrs....and still no activity.
I can see at the bottom of the carboy, on top of the hop trub there looks to be a yeast cake just sitting there, but no krausen or activity as of this morning.
What can/should I do here? I ordered the vial from Austin Home Brew (I live in Idaho) and did order the "cold pack" with it. The were still cool to the touch when I received them, but they were not cold. After 60hrs, even if there were infections of some sort, I would should still be getting some sort of activity. Is my yeast dead? I don't have a LHBS near, so I may be S.O.L. on this one.
Any advice/experience is appreciated as this one has me worried. Thnx!
EDIT:
I sanitized my carboy with Star San. Immediatley prior to racking from kettle, I drained the star san out of the carboy, but did not rinse it. I didn't rack on top of any existing liquid, but there was still foam in the carboy. Could this have killed the yeast?
The only things I changed on this go-around was that I added .25 lbs of Carapils, and added 1oz of Falconers Flight during the boil.
Preboil gravity was 1.055
OG was 1.072.
I made sure to sanitize very well, and this is only the second brew with all my new equipment so there shouldn't be a big infection risk. I cooled the wort down to 74 degrees, and shook it around to aerate it prior to pitching (don't have a whisk/aquarium pump available). I pitched 2 vials of WLP001 at around 72 degrees in the carboy (both vials were warmed to room temp before pitching). One of the vials seemed to be about half as full as the other, but both looked healthy.
Well, here we are roughly 60 hrs later, and there has been no activity, no krausen forming. When I first pitched, I moved the carboy to my basement which is more consistent in terms of temp. The first 24 hours were spent at 64-66 degrees.....a bit too cool for the WLP001, but I figured it would just get of to a slower start. After 2 days of no activity, I put a space heater down there to warm it up to 72 degrees, which it has been sitting at for 12+ hrs....and still no activity.
I can see at the bottom of the carboy, on top of the hop trub there looks to be a yeast cake just sitting there, but no krausen or activity as of this morning.
What can/should I do here? I ordered the vial from Austin Home Brew (I live in Idaho) and did order the "cold pack" with it. The were still cool to the touch when I received them, but they were not cold. After 60hrs, even if there were infections of some sort, I would should still be getting some sort of activity. Is my yeast dead? I don't have a LHBS near, so I may be S.O.L. on this one.
Any advice/experience is appreciated as this one has me worried. Thnx!
EDIT:
I sanitized my carboy with Star San. Immediatley prior to racking from kettle, I drained the star san out of the carboy, but did not rinse it. I didn't rack on top of any existing liquid, but there was still foam in the carboy. Could this have killed the yeast?