Coopers Lager Help

[TacomaHomeBrew]

Ok, it has almost been 40 hrs and it pretty much looks the same. 2 questions for you guys, should I check the gravity again at some point in order to see if it is actually eatin up the sugar, if so, when should I check it? If the gravity continually changes like it should, does it matter what it looks like or does the gravity reading trump what I see? I just cant explain why there is so much sediment at the bottom already, although this is only my second batch so I have no experience. Thanks for the help guys!

 

[HopHeadGrady]

As for Notty yeast...
Last two batches I have done I used Notty yeast. Yesterday afternoon I brewed a wheat beer. I pitched the Notty Munich Wheat yeast at 4:45PM and at 6:30AM this morning the airlock was bubbling like mad. I made a starter as per the pack instructions, pitched it at 27C into a 23C wort.


I would take an gravity sample at your earliest convenience and see if the gravity is dropping. I would expect to see more activity than that given my limited experience. Ive done about 10 batches now and every time, by 40 hours I would have a nice fluffy layer of krausen with brown specks on it etc.

 

[TacomaHomeBrew]

**Update** it's lookin good now. A lot of action, and nice 1 1/2 inch of foam on top! Thanks guys for the help and support.

 

[venquessa]

Did you per chance boil the Coopers can of stuff?

Just looks dark for coopers lager. I boiled a Coopers Real Ale for about 2 minutes and ended up with a brown ale. Still tastes fine, just looked like stout in the FV, dark brown in bottles, but it's slowly lightening up to a deep golden amber after a few weeks.

 

[TacomaHomeBrew]

Did you per chance boil the Coopers can of stuff?

Just looks dark for coopers lager. I boiled a Coopers Real Ale for about 2 minutes and ended up with a brown ale. Still tastes fine, just looked like stout in the FV, dark brown in bottles, but it's slowly lightening up to a deep golden amber after a few weeks.

No boil with the can. I did do a hop tea and added light dme so that might contribute to the color. Also, the yeast is swimming around like crazy so that may have something to do with it.

 

[unionrdr]

When I did the cooper's OS lager straight up with the brewing sugar,it had a dark amber honey sort of look to it in the cooper's micro brew FV. Not to mention cloudy. Don't worry,when you take another FG sample,it'll be much lighter in the smaller diameter tube. Nice golden in the glass with a slight amber blush.