NathanYearout
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Hello, this is my first time going for a pilsner and I've never done a cool fermentation before in a fridge.
Chose a popular Urquell clone on Brewfather and made the wort like usual and nearly everything went according to plan, it took a a while to chill the wort but nothing major. Hit starting gravity and everything was looking good.
I pitched one package of WY2007, it said to use one pack in 5 gallons of wort but I think it might be an underpitch still, we had a little over five gallons and I think I'd need a bit more.
It's been 3.5 days of fermenting at 51° and although I saw the airlock bubble once or twice it's incredibly slow and my tilt hydrometer has showed it staying at 1.067 without changing. I'm aware lagers are bottom fermenting though, could my tilt just not be showing the correct gravity because it floats? The homebrew shop near me doesn't open till Wednesday so I can't get more of that exact yeast. What should I try next? Wait it out or go into resuscitation mode?
Chose a popular Urquell clone on Brewfather and made the wort like usual and nearly everything went according to plan, it took a a while to chill the wort but nothing major. Hit starting gravity and everything was looking good.
I pitched one package of WY2007, it said to use one pack in 5 gallons of wort but I think it might be an underpitch still, we had a little over five gallons and I think I'd need a bit more.
It's been 3.5 days of fermenting at 51° and although I saw the airlock bubble once or twice it's incredibly slow and my tilt hydrometer has showed it staying at 1.067 without changing. I'm aware lagers are bottom fermenting though, could my tilt just not be showing the correct gravity because it floats? The homebrew shop near me doesn't open till Wednesday so I can't get more of that exact yeast. What should I try next? Wait it out or go into resuscitation mode?