My first try...bumps in the road

[Bandit112]

Well, last night I completed the first stages of my first brew, an Irish Red Ale from Midwest company. My thermometer crapped out on me at the very end when my wort was at 109 degrees of the cooling phase. So I had to guess...I just took an average decline of temp over time and put it in the primary fermenter and I hit it at about 77 with the sticky thermometer that I had on my primary. That wasnt my main problem, I was using liquid yeast, and I forgot to shake up the yeast before I added it to the wort (I was too worried about my temp and not thinking). Will this affect the outcome dramatically? If so, is there anything I might be able to do lessen my problem?

Either way, you live you learn...thanks in advance

 

[Iordz]

You mean you forgot to aerate the wort, or did you just not get all the yeast out of the tube? Either way, you should be fine. RDWHAHB!

 

[david_42]

Most likely, you'll just see a longer growth stage & slow start (2-3 days) to the fermentation.

 

[malkore]

both of the WPL vials I've used were so thick in the bottom that if you didn't shake some into suspension, you'd have not pitched any yeast, just the packing fluid/wort.

if some brown solids made it in, you should be ok, just a bit of a lag time (several days probably)

Hopefully it was cool enough..the stick on thermometers can be slow to change temp, and cooling a liquid has to take in the cool water with the hot water to determine the temp loss. the less of a difference in teh two temps, the less cooling action.

 

[Bandit112]

It is going strong, thanks guys for easing my worried mind.