is it ruined

[MSatt]

I did an extract lager that never started! Last Fri (5Dec) I brewed and left early in the morning on saturday. When I came home this morning I still had my original gravity reading and no sign of fermintation. It was at 41 degrees the entire time. Is it too late to try some new yeast?

Matt

 

[The Pol]

May want to warm it up, and see if it starts, then slowly cool it. 41F seems pretty low, even for a lager yeast... If there is nothing growing in there, it is not too late.

 

[Vic_Sinclair]

To clarify, you pitched the yeast at 41F?

 

[BarleyWater]

Bump it up to 50 and see if anyhting gets started. You don't want it that cool for the main part of fermentation.

 

[MoRoToRiUm]

+1 50-60 degrees, and try agitating it a little (don't shake the crap outof it, just swirlit around a little bit).

 

[springer]

I do lagers at 47-55* so bump the temp up . I don't think its ruined just asleep

 

[Ceedubya]

+2 50-60 degrees.

Did my second lagar and ferment temps ran around 55 degress. Once it is fermented out, then lagar at the lower temps (40-45) before bottling/kegging.

Give it a try, whats the worst that could happen now?