nhindian
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Hi all, I brewed a 10 gallon batch of Yoopers Oatmeal Stout on Sunday and as of yesterday, there really wasn't much activity at all. I understand that it can still be working without visible signs, but there was still very little this morning. Some facts..
1. Made a 2750ml starter on Wednesday with 1 vial WLP-005 British Ale yeast (per Homebrewdad calculator, this should be more than enough cells)
2. Let the starter stir on a stir plate for 3 days until Saturday night. Had a very healthy krausen in the starter flask, rising all the way to the foam stopper in a 5000ml flask. Cold crashed overnight, decanted clear wort Sunday morning, and left out to warm up while brewing.
3. Pretty much nailed the OG at 1.053. Got a bit less volume than I wanted, so I got about 5.3gal in one carboy and 4.2 gal in the other.
4. Oxygenated with pure O2 for about a minute each.
5. Swirled flask to rouse yeast, eyeballed about half for each carboy. Tried to get slightly more into the one with more wort.
6. Had some airlock activity in both on Sunday and Monday. Slightly less on Tuesday.
7. Temps have been fairly constant 65 degrees
I'll be taking a gravity reading tonight, but I'd be surprised if it dropped much at all.
Thinking of pitching some dry yeast soon but any other thoughts?
1. Made a 2750ml starter on Wednesday with 1 vial WLP-005 British Ale yeast (per Homebrewdad calculator, this should be more than enough cells)
2. Let the starter stir on a stir plate for 3 days until Saturday night. Had a very healthy krausen in the starter flask, rising all the way to the foam stopper in a 5000ml flask. Cold crashed overnight, decanted clear wort Sunday morning, and left out to warm up while brewing.
3. Pretty much nailed the OG at 1.053. Got a bit less volume than I wanted, so I got about 5.3gal in one carboy and 4.2 gal in the other.
4. Oxygenated with pure O2 for about a minute each.
5. Swirled flask to rouse yeast, eyeballed about half for each carboy. Tried to get slightly more into the one with more wort.
6. Had some airlock activity in both on Sunday and Monday. Slightly less on Tuesday.
7. Temps have been fairly constant 65 degrees
I'll be taking a gravity reading tonight, but I'd be surprised if it dropped much at all.
Thinking of pitching some dry yeast soon but any other thoughts?