My very first stuck fermentation?

[Brewchitect]

I always just read for hours when I have an issue. This will be my first post asking fellow homebrewers for help. My fermentation started and stopped really, really quick.
Chocolate Stout - All Grain
10 gal. batch brewed Sunday 10/9
20# 2-row
1# chocolate malt
1# crystal 80
1# roasted barley
1# flaked oats
1 oz. Williamette at 60 min.
1 oz. Williamette at 45 min.
1/2 oz. Columbus at 30 min.
1/2 oz. Columbus at 15 min.
1# lactose at 10 min.
Yeast nutrient at 10 min.
10 oz. cocoa powder at 0 min. (too much??)

(2) 11g. packets vacuum sealed Nottinghams, rehydrated.
mash 155 for 60 min.
cooled to 68 deg. and pitched. into fridge at 65 deg.
OG 1.045 (didn't do beersmith this time, but this seems quite low, the crush from my LHBS didn't seem fine enough, but i rolled with it anyway.)
Airlock activity after 4 hours, rigorous after 8 hours, dead stop after 12 hours.
I'll have to check the gravity when I get home from work today, but I havent seen a single air lock bubble last night or this morning.

Any thoughts??

 

[Sacreddog717]

Don't worry until you check the gravity. The Pale that I brewed last week didn't produce airlock bubbles at all. I was a little worried, but when I checked with my hydrometer it was going down and the FG was right where it was supposed to be. Hydrometer is the only way to tell.

 

[beergolf]

It has only been 2 days......

Relax and let the yeast do their job and then check gravity in a couple of weeks. Fermentation started and it will finish if you just let it go.

 

[Brewchitect]

aaahhhhh. Thanks. Someone is always telling someone else to relax on these forums, I guess thats all I was looking for. Takes the weight off the shoulders. I've just never seen this before, new = scary I suppose. I'll wait a week or two and check gravity. Thanks agian.

 

[Gwitz]

A funny thing iv noticed lately is since i started using starsan to fill my airlocks they stop bubbling after a while. Looking closely, i noticed right away the bubbling was actually causing the starsan to foam up and out to the point where the middle piece of the airlock was a tiny bit above the level of starsan.

 

[Brewchitect]

interesting. I've only used Iodophor so far, bought the big bottle so it's lasting a while. I'd like to switch to starsan so all my plastic stops turning pink.... I only put water in my airlocks, my buddy puts cheap vodka.... but i'd rather drink the cheap vodka.....

 

[Brewchitect]

1.010 and taste pretty good.

 

[slykwilli]

1.010 and taste pretty good.

see? all is well! RDWHAHB