Brewed the batch, now no bubbles?!

[leeaekdb]

Ok, so brewed up the beer, cooled it off, and pitched the yeast. All done three days ago (so, really 71 hours ago, but come on!). I've done it before, except in a glass vessel, this time I put it in a plastic primary. No bubbles have started, and I know it can take 72 hours. Any hope of saving this batch???

 

[Shooter]

Have you taken a gravity reading yet? If not, I would check that first.

 

[MBasile]

1. Have you taken a gravity reading to compare to the reading before pitching the yeast (or take one today and one tomorrow to compare).
B. Give us more details: How hot was the wort when you pitched? Did you pitch dry or liquid yeast?
III. RDWHAHB

 

[leeaekdb]

The reading prior to pitch was 1.041. Reading tonight is 1.009. Temp was about 80 degrees with dry yeast that was pitch after about 5 min of rewetting.

 

[Shooter]

Sounds like it fermented just fine. At that temperature it probably went pretty quickly, might have a few off flavors though.

 

[Revvy]

Then you have fermentation, and once agaoin prove the idea that your airlock is nothing but a vent, and not a magic fermentation gauge, and shouldn't be relied upon for anything other than keeping the beer off your ceiling.

 

[Skaggz]

Sometimes a plastic bucket fermenter lid is not air tight. This will allow CO2 to escape through the lid's seal and not through the airlock.

 

[leeaekdb]

yea, I'm new to the plastic, and probably will switch back to glass and use them as secondary's. What i'm brewing is a Pilsner and the color appears to be good, just hoping that I get the flavors right, as this is going to part of my wedding gifts to the groomsmen!

 

[SoonerDoc]

Like Skaggs said, sometimes you really have to pound the lid on the bucket for it to "pop" on and seal right. Either way, it worked!

 

[Indyking]

yea, I'm new to the plastic, and probably will switch back to glass and use them as secondary's. What i'm brewing is a Pilsner and the color appears to be good, just hoping that I get the flavors right, as this is going to part of my wedding gifts to the groomsmen!

You are brewing a Pilsner at 80F? There must be something wrong...

 

[Skaggz]

You are brewing a Pilsner at 80F? There must be something wrong...

This should be interesting. OP, are you actually using lager yeast at that temp? Or are you using ale yeast? In which case it is not a pilsner.

 

[soundsandsuds]

... your airlock is nothing but a vent, and not a magic fermentation gauge, and shouldn't be relied upon for anything other than keeping the beer off your ceiling.

They're not necessarily so great at that, either.

At 80F you definitely haven't brewed a pilsner.....steam pils maybe?

 

[Shooter]

At 80F you definitely haven't brewed a pilsner.....steam pils maybe?

At 80 degrees, it's even too hot for an ale. Well, I don't know, maybe a saison, but not a "pilsner."

I would expect some interesting off flavors!

 

[Revvy]

They're not necessarily so great at that, either.

At 80F you definitely haven't brewed a pilsner.....steam pils maybe?

True dat....Heck my barleywine blew the lid, and I was using a blowoff tube.

 

[Justibone]

True dat....Heck my barleywine blew the lid, and I was using a blowoff tube.

"It's twue, it's twue!!"

We all saw the pictures.

 

[Shooter]

True dat....Heck my barleywine blew the lid, and I was using a blowoff tube.

Did you remember to cut the little cross piece out of the bottom of your airlock stem before putting on the tubing?