Afternoon, I'm a newbie with a question.

[Trulyphe]

Just brewed my first batch of Honey Ale(1 gallon). The yeast called for it to be activated and i followed the directions on the packet. I saw it doing a bit of a small rolling bubble in the 4oz of water it called for.

My question is once I poured it into the cooled wort I didn't see any more action. Should it be immediate or since it is in a 1 gallon carboy now does it need a bit of time to get after all of the sugars in there?

Look forward to some feedback......

 

[GilaMinumBeer]

It takes some time.

 

[Trulyphe]

Thanks, even though it looks like I got a lot of trub in the carboy

 

[ChelisHubby]

never done a one gallon batch but it can take more than a day for fermentation to start. I will suggest that you have a blow of tube connected to the fermenter that emptys into a small container of sanitizer or cheap vodka. the ferment ion can be messy otherwise. Good luck!

 

[Trulyphe]

Thanks, I have a blow off tube set up because I read horror stories while researching before starting home brewing.

 

[maddox1349]

Yep give it time. What temp do you have it at? The cooler the longer it will take to start up, but once I starts keep it someplace temperature stabile in the 60s if possible and dark (basement).

 

[Trulyphe]

I have it down to 66 degrees right now. Live in SC so no basements, it's in a corner sitting in a plastic container with some water and a few ice bottles and covered in a black t-shirt

 

[maddox1349]

Awesome good luck!

 

[ncbrewer]

Welcome to brewing and HBT.

 

[Trulyphe]

Thanks and about 11hrs later we have action!!!! I went to check the temp since my spare fridge broke and we are rocking at about 64 degrees and bubbling away!

 

[Trulyphe]

Is it a huge deal that I cooled the fermentation too much down to 56 degrees for about 90mins says the yeast was to be between 60-72 degrees