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Thanks for the tip. I did swirl the fermenter with all the trub at the bottom and raised the temperature. And almost immediately it starts bubbling again at a 5 seconds rate!

I took another hydrometer reading today, unfortunately it is still at 1.034. Is there anything I need to look out before I repitch? Do I need to aerate the wort again? and do I still need to pitch in the whole package of yeast when my gravity is halfway down?

Thanks for the info! I'll do this next time and use my bucket for bottling.

Thanks! Cant wait to see how it turns out this weekend. Learned a bunch with this first brew :rock:

I prepared 35C water from the microwave in a sanitized pyrex jug, added the yeast and wrapped the jug with plastic film and let it sat for 15 minutes. I did shake the wort in the bucket for a while like 5 minutes before pitching the yeast. The wort was chilled to room temp with a coil. Should...

Thanks! I dare not to open the lid so I took the sample through the tap on the bucket. I will wait till this weekend to take another sample. Large glass carboy is hard to come by near my location, next time instead can I use PET bottles like those from office drinking machines?

Hi there! This is my first IPA brew. I have pitched in 11g whole packet of rehydrated BRY-97 into 20L of wort inside a 35L bucket, there is quite a lot of head space. I have been regulating the temperature with a swamp between 17-23C, on average 20C. After pitching in, first vigorous airlock...