bigbrewbowski
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Hey all-
I have a batch of Kolsch in the fermenter now, and I'm a little unsure about what is going on.
This was the first time using a liquid yeast - I'm using the White Labs German Ale/Kolsch yeast.
I pitched on Tuesday night at 10:00PM - wort temp. was 68 deg. and I put it in my basement (ambient temp of 65). No fermentation for over 24 hours made me nervous, so 7pm Thursday I brought the fermenter upstairs (temp was 70) and later that night I started to get some bubbles in the airlock.
I left it upstairs overnight, on Friday when I got back from work at 5 pm I noticed fermentation still going pretty well and the ambient temp was 75, which I thought was a little high so I moved it back down in the basement (ambient temp was now 70 down there). After about an hour down there the bubbles stopped, but the temp on the "fermometer" still said 74 deg.
Here we are on Saturday and still no airlock bubbles, ambient temp is 70 deg and the fermometer still says 74 deg.
I'm unsure what, if anything, to do.
I was planning on racking to my secondary after the primary fermentation ended, but I'm not sure that it has.
How long should I wait to put it in the secondary, and should I do anything to make sure primary fermentation is finished?
I have a batch of Kolsch in the fermenter now, and I'm a little unsure about what is going on.
This was the first time using a liquid yeast - I'm using the White Labs German Ale/Kolsch yeast.
I pitched on Tuesday night at 10:00PM - wort temp. was 68 deg. and I put it in my basement (ambient temp of 65). No fermentation for over 24 hours made me nervous, so 7pm Thursday I brought the fermenter upstairs (temp was 70) and later that night I started to get some bubbles in the airlock.
I left it upstairs overnight, on Friday when I got back from work at 5 pm I noticed fermentation still going pretty well and the ambient temp was 75, which I thought was a little high so I moved it back down in the basement (ambient temp was now 70 down there). After about an hour down there the bubbles stopped, but the temp on the "fermometer" still said 74 deg.
Here we are on Saturday and still no airlock bubbles, ambient temp is 70 deg and the fermometer still says 74 deg.
I'm unsure what, if anything, to do.
I was planning on racking to my secondary after the primary fermentation ended, but I'm not sure that it has.
How long should I wait to put it in the secondary, and should I do anything to make sure primary fermentation is finished?