I haven’t been brewing much these days, but I have guests coming in a week. My last few BIAB brews have been lackluster, so I thought I would go back to an extract kit (Dawn of the Citra) to keep things simple. I purchased it from a local Ace Hardware that sells homebrewing items. The kit may have been on their shelf for a while.
The brewing went fine. I pitched directly from the packet as I’ve never had a problem before. I decided to use my keezer as a fermentation chamber since it only had a sparkling water in it. I set the inkbird to 66 degrees since the packet suggested 66-68 degrees. I was confident and didn’t take a gravity. I wish I had.
The beer was brewed Tuesday evening. There has been no signs of fermentation. No krausen, no bubbling that I can tell. Gravity is now about 1.052 or so (as best as I can see), so I don’t think that really shows any fermentation. I can even see some of the yeast sitting on the top of the wort. I’m bumping up the temperature to 69 to see if I can get things moving. I don’t have a way to get more yeast tomorrow, but could get some on Sunday.
Should I pitch more or be patient? If I do, should I get more Calidry or move on to something else? Maybe a kveik and boost the temprature up a lot? It would be nice if it was ready when the guests get in town, but they will be here for several weeks.
The brewing went fine. I pitched directly from the packet as I’ve never had a problem before. I decided to use my keezer as a fermentation chamber since it only had a sparkling water in it. I set the inkbird to 66 degrees since the packet suggested 66-68 degrees. I was confident and didn’t take a gravity. I wish I had.
The beer was brewed Tuesday evening. There has been no signs of fermentation. No krausen, no bubbling that I can tell. Gravity is now about 1.052 or so (as best as I can see), so I don’t think that really shows any fermentation. I can even see some of the yeast sitting on the top of the wort. I’m bumping up the temperature to 69 to see if I can get things moving. I don’t have a way to get more yeast tomorrow, but could get some on Sunday.
Should I pitch more or be patient? If I do, should I get more Calidry or move on to something else? Maybe a kveik and boost the temprature up a lot? It would be nice if it was ready when the guests get in town, but they will be here for several weeks.