Did I kill it?

[Fyeah2010]

Totally tripping out about a White labs Trappist ale yeast wlp500. It has been almost 22hours since I pitched my yeast and I have no action in the fermenter. I'm brewing a Tripel Belgian Ale from a kit. I thought I had my wort temp below 79 degrees But I am starting to think that I may have got a little impatient and added it too quickly. Another mistake i may have made was too violent an agitation. I was trying to clean the yeast from the inside of my 6.5 gal bottle neck but reading around today I see many warnings about not splashing during agitation. Right now I'm trying to bring the temperature up to 75 degrees (keeping it near the gas wall heater) I think it may have reached 68ish today while I was at work. Did I kill it? When do I know i NEED to re-pitch or if it is dead?

 

[Revvy]

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f39/fermentation-can-take-24-72-hrs-show-visible-signs-43635/, and by visible signs we don't necessarily mean a bubbling airlock. it means gravity reading

It IS a sticky at the top of the beginners forum for a reason, afterall.

 

[Fyeah2010]

With all my other batches violent fermentation seemed to keep the temperature above 70 degrees. Do I now need to keep the temp above 70 myself or is it Ok to let it sit at 68-65 degrees while I monitor it for the next day or so (praying for fermentation).

 

[matt415]

what was the SG? did you make a starter?

 

[Fyeah2010]

If you mean gravity reading it is 1.07 no starter because this is the first time I have had this problem. Next time ill be making a starter what I am most worried about now is maintaining ideal temperature. Is it ok if my beer sits at 65 degrees?

 

[Mike_A]

Your beer will be fine, just go to bed and when you wake up chances are those yeasties will be working harder than you could imagine.

And please, search "RDWHAHB" on these forums and live by it. You stress too much.

 

[Fyeah2010]

Tight!!! I wont flip out again until tomorrow or the next day.
Thanks!