OMBrewer
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I am very satisfied with how it all went. I brewed it alone and the whole process took about 6 hours. I am however a bit concerned it has been 14 hours and I have no fermentation happening, should I be concerned?
It's never too late to check the SG! If fermentation is starting, it might not be exactly what it was when you pitched the yeast, but if it hasn't, you'll know your OG and be able to calculate your efficiency!
By the way too, not to like you yoopers to help out the trolls.
I pitched Whitelabs Irish Ale liquid. For 9.5 gallons. No starter.
9.5 gallons. No starter.
I pitched Whitelabs Irish Ale liquid. For 9.5 gallons. No starter.
Well, if you used one vial of the liquid yeast, you would have definitely underpitched hugely- that would explain why it's taking so long. Three vials or so might take off sooner, but even that would be underpitching for 9.5 gallons.
Keep it closed and undisturbed. Take a hyrometer reading in about a week.
Still no bubbles after 70 hours. I think I figured out my issue. I took the vials right out of the fridge and pitched them opposed to letting them warm to room temperature. I have one more vial on my counter right now and a packet of dry yeast, should I pitch them tonight to try to save the batch?
Has a hydrometer come into play yet?
If not then don't do anything...You used two vials so it's pretty likely that fermentation is happening.
All that happened by pitching cold yeast is that they were still asleep...that means they will take longer to wake up...
Remember, quit thinking about bubbling...Bubbling means nothing...you said earlier you saw a krauzen ring..and "smelled fermentation"....
until you stick a hydrometer into it and take a reading all you are doing is building up a whole lot of worry...For all you know, unless you slept with your bucket, all your fermentation already happenned...It could have bubbled all night long and finished...But either way.
Thanks. I have a spigot on the side of my fermenter, can I take a hydrometer reading right now?
Or you can chill and wait til it's been a week...but if it will get you to relax then it wouldn't hurt....even if it's dropped a few points it means that fermentation is happenning and you can go to the beach or something
Just got back from the beach actually. You were right my SG was 1.061 and now it is 1.014. My fermenter might be why it doesn't bubble, it is a 17 gallon fermenter.
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