I am brewing a batch of BierMuncher's Cream of Three Crops. Right now its in the primary with White Labs 001. This is the first time that I've used this yeast and I've noticed that it seems to be working at half speed. Is this normal?
Ok here are the details:
I didn't have time to make a starter- I know, I know... I just pitched the tube into cooled aerated wort. Still I had bubbles in my air lock 18 hours later. Fermentation temp is in the high 60's (about 68-70) and is consistent.
My original gravity was 1.046, after 4 days it was 1.03soething and didn't taste like much. Usually my beer is just about done in around 4-5 days. It's still bubbling -slowly and obviously need more time.
So what I'm really wondering, is this slow fermentation due to my low pitching rate, the yeast strain, or maybe something else?
BTW I normally do make a starter when using white labs yeast.
Ok here are the details:
I didn't have time to make a starter- I know, I know... I just pitched the tube into cooled aerated wort. Still I had bubbles in my air lock 18 hours later. Fermentation temp is in the high 60's (about 68-70) and is consistent.
My original gravity was 1.046, after 4 days it was 1.03soething and didn't taste like much. Usually my beer is just about done in around 4-5 days. It's still bubbling -slowly and obviously need more time.
So what I'm really wondering, is this slow fermentation due to my low pitching rate, the yeast strain, or maybe something else?
BTW I normally do make a starter when using white labs yeast.