Brewsephus
Active Member
Hi folks,
I am new to brewing. I'm about 8 days into my first beer and I think I have a major problem, let me run you through it. My wife got me a bucket brew kit for Christmas and an ingredients pack (Brewers Best) for a Grolsch style beer. I followed the directions to a T. When it came time to transfer from brew pot to fermenter, after chilling the wort, there was nothing about aeration mentioned. Being the good doobie I am, I made sure not to disturb the siphoned beer. It has literally not been aerated at all. I watched the fermentation begin within the first 24-36 hours. It was lovely and aggressive, I was so excited to enjoy my own beer for the first time! At approx. 72 hours the fermentation ceased completely and the airlock hasn't bubbled since. Thinking something was wrong I found HomeBrewTalk.com and learned about the importance of aerating your beer before pitching yeast.
My question is, to save my beer, can I pitch another batch of yeast and restart the fermentation? Should I rack to a secondary and try to repitch, or repitch in the primary fermenter? I took a gravity reading today: my OG was 1.042 and my current gravity is 1.022. It has fermented for 8 days at around 68 degrees, undisturbed.
Please help!
I am new to brewing. I'm about 8 days into my first beer and I think I have a major problem, let me run you through it. My wife got me a bucket brew kit for Christmas and an ingredients pack (Brewers Best) for a Grolsch style beer. I followed the directions to a T. When it came time to transfer from brew pot to fermenter, after chilling the wort, there was nothing about aeration mentioned. Being the good doobie I am, I made sure not to disturb the siphoned beer. It has literally not been aerated at all. I watched the fermentation begin within the first 24-36 hours. It was lovely and aggressive, I was so excited to enjoy my own beer for the first time! At approx. 72 hours the fermentation ceased completely and the airlock hasn't bubbled since. Thinking something was wrong I found HomeBrewTalk.com and learned about the importance of aerating your beer before pitching yeast.
My question is, to save my beer, can I pitch another batch of yeast and restart the fermentation? Should I rack to a secondary and try to repitch, or repitch in the primary fermenter? I took a gravity reading today: my OG was 1.042 and my current gravity is 1.022. It has fermented for 8 days at around 68 degrees, undisturbed.
Please help!