Fermentation Sluggish

[Wfu1bunn]

Brewed an 5 gallon all grain Oskar Blues Pinner IPA and pitched WLP001 California Ale Yeast from yeast starter. Placed fermenter in my fermentation chamber at a temperature of 68 degrees. After 2 days there appears to be very little fermentation going on. Perhaps it is a less than vigorous fermentation because of the temperature. My question is, should I crank up the temperature a little, say to 70 degrees, to get the yeast more active.

Thanks.

 

[glugglug]

68 is a good temp for that yeast. Maybe even a little warm to start. Because it hasn’t started yet, I wouldn’t cool it, and I wouldn’t warm it either. I think you just need to wait a bit.

Can you add more details, like recipe, did you make a starter, how big, and did you aerate the wort?

You say there’s very little activity, which leads me to believe there’s some. I think just waiting a little longer, it’ll probably get going.

 

[Wfu1bunn]

I did make yeast starter and aerated as like I have for other beers that have had very good yeast activity, but at a higher temperature. This is the first time I've been able to control the temp with a fermentation chamber. The OG was 1060.

Thank you for your comments. I'll keep an eye on it and see what happens.

 

[helibrewer]

We ferment that yeast commercially at 68.5F so your temp is good. Check your gravity on day three and see if you have any change...that yeast usually finishes for me in 4-5 days

 

[Wfu1bunn]

Gravity after 3 days is 1030. Starting gravity was 1060. Have another vial of WLP001. Should I pitch it?

 

[RM-MN]

Gravity after 3 days is 1030. Starting gravity was 1060. Have another vial of WLP001. Should I pitch it?

I wouldn't. I'd take it out of the fermentation chamber and let it warm up. Read this!

http://www.brewgeeks.com/the-life-cycle-of-yeast.html

 

[Wfu1bunn]

Raised temp to 71 but still no activity. This is now day 5. Appears that yeast did part of its job as gravity went from 1060 to 1030 within 2 or so days. What should I do....give it more time at a higher temp or add more yeast? Thanks for any help.

 

[d3track]

Is it still at 1.030 after 5 days? If it's still dropping, let it be.