Fermentation

[xxRandomHeroxx]

I pitched yeast 37hrs ago day 1 airlock all day was goin nuts this morning I noticed airlock just goin a little and it had light foaming starting and it looks to be not much more now I pitched wyeast American ale at 71 degrees is everything ok

 

[McKnuckle]

Everything seems okay with the fermentation, but your punctuation is missing.

Clearly you pitched enough yeast at a warmish temperature, and it had a field day. Leave it alone, though. It needs at least one week to sit and consider its circumstances before you touch it. It will clean up organic byproducts and begin clearing once it's finished fermenting. You want to wait for that.

 

[xxRandomHeroxx]

Ok yea I figured I just had a batch before this with issues and lost it. And sorry rush texting at work lol

 

[xxRandomHeroxx]

And also batches I did had a lot of foam on top around 2 days so was not sure what is goin on

 

[Homercidal]

71 is warm enough to allow the yeast to ferment quickly. That may be causing such a sudden rush of CO2 gas. They also create more heat when fermenting, so your actual beer temp may be closer to 75-80.

Also, if you fermented in a bucket, the really hard ferment may have been producing enough CO2 to blast through the airlock. But, when the fermentation started slowing down the CO2 may have time to escape through a small leak, which would be path of least resistance. It's nothing to worry about though.

 

[xxRandomHeroxx]

I'm using a 6 gal glass carboy with about 4 1/2 gal finished batch it in

 

[Homercidal]

I'm using a 6 gal glass carboy with about 4 1/2 gal finished batch it in

Not very likely to be a leak, then, but could def. be a rushed ferment. May not be a concern either.

I try to ferment at 65-68 beer temp, so I usually pitch at around 62. I think this slows the yeast down enough so it doesn't raise the temp as much, and keeps it lower.

That said, different yeasts and recipes have somewhat different personalities. American Ale yeast might be delicious fermented in the low 70s.

 

[xxRandomHeroxx]

Yea I believe they said no more than 76 but under works great.. I'm gonna just keep an eye on it for a week or so I know I definitely shook up the wort good then pitched and shook again cuz I lost a batch before due to not enough oxygen so I don't think that's a issue this time

 

[xxRandomHeroxx]

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