After the stove exploded, we ran to home depot to get a turkey fryer to keep from losing our first ever batch of pilsner. We were about to hit a boil when the stove exploded so when we got back, there was already some serious protein coagulation underway.
After the boil, we had already prepared two growlers made with two vials of White Labs yeast. We ended up tossing 1.5 gal of starter wort and yeast into our worst since we couldn't see how low the yeast cake was. Don't worry, a flask is on the list. Our fermenting chamber is a mini fridge with bent down freezer plate that is Ranco Controlled. We had it set for 52 F, and this morning and it still read 56 as if it was still cooling. I didn't find this comforting and checked the thermometer on the fermenter and it was off the scale on the cold side!
Wort was not frozen, but was low 40's, I moved the Ranco probe to the be between back of fermentor and the freezer plate and the temp dropped into the 40's.
don't know how cold it actually got, but we are worried they have gone dormant. I set the Ranco to 65 to hope to wake them up. Should we get another vial and pitch it? Will the existing yeast wake up and go to work again?
The fermentor went in yesterday, this morning (about 15 hours later) is when I checked and found the cold problem. Not sure where to place the Ranco Probe now, as it was near the front, and there seems to be a huge temperature issue between the front and back.
Any thoughts?
After the boil, we had already prepared two growlers made with two vials of White Labs yeast. We ended up tossing 1.5 gal of starter wort and yeast into our worst since we couldn't see how low the yeast cake was. Don't worry, a flask is on the list. Our fermenting chamber is a mini fridge with bent down freezer plate that is Ranco Controlled. We had it set for 52 F, and this morning and it still read 56 as if it was still cooling. I didn't find this comforting and checked the thermometer on the fermenter and it was off the scale on the cold side!
Wort was not frozen, but was low 40's, I moved the Ranco probe to the be between back of fermentor and the freezer plate and the temp dropped into the 40's.
don't know how cold it actually got, but we are worried they have gone dormant. I set the Ranco to 65 to hope to wake them up. Should we get another vial and pitch it? Will the existing yeast wake up and go to work again?
The fermentor went in yesterday, this morning (about 15 hours later) is when I checked and found the cold problem. Not sure where to place the Ranco Probe now, as it was near the front, and there seems to be a huge temperature issue between the front and back.
Any thoughts?