Little/No fermentation Abbey Yeast WLP540

[Fenix26]

Hi brewers!

This past Friday night I brewed a beer and stowed it away for fermentation, but I've gotten a little concerned since considering I haven't seen much/any activity raising from my bubbler.

My grain bill is pretty typical - mostly two row with some oat and caramunich. I got a little nuts with the hop profile and through in some azacca.

I mashed at an average temperature of 150 for 75 mins, boiled, cooled to about 73 degrees then pitched my yeast, sealed then stowed.

Gravity right after mash = 1.04
Gravity right Yeast pitch = 1.065

I'm wondering if anyone has used this yeast and if someone has noticed the same? Or, if anyone has any ideas of if I may have messed something up. Tracing back my steps, I don't believe I forgot anything.

Thanks!

 

[parrothead64]

Buckets leak so the air lock doesn’t mean anything. Its probably fine. The more you open it, the more your going to add oxygen and bacteria. Leave it alone for 10 days from the beginning of fermentation, then take a gravity reading. Wait a couple of days and take another reading. If they are the same, it’s done.