Smack Pack

[MI_Dogman]

So I thought I broke the little pack inside an American 1056 yeast pack, BUT I didn't. Shoot. Well I pitched the yeast slurry inside. What do you Brewers think, will it be alright? Plus I have to ferment high 70 or so because my basement is so warm right now. I don't like where this brew is going already....

 

[iijakii]

Not smacking it will be fine. It'll have a longer lag time and be a little more stressed but oh well.

That temp though...

 

[MI_Dogman]

That's what I figured... The coldest I can get on temp is 68(if I'm lucky). I didn't think it got so warm in my basement in the summer. I have the ac going in the house right now to try and help it out.

It's funny that I can be miserable in the heat and will not turn on the AC, but when it comes to my yeast!!

I love brewing!

 

[d3track]

In all honesty, you could use the swamp cooler method and knock down 5 degrees pretty easy.

 

[flars]

The pack that didn't get smacked, is just nutrient. Not terrible it didn't break,but you could have cut it open and added to to fermentor.

Adding a fan to a simple swamp cooler, to increase the evaporation rate, can drop fermenting temp up to 10°F for most average gravity fermentations.

 

[MI_Dogman]

It's all good! Ended up getting it down to at least 69. So hopefully I will see it kick off soon.

I didn't think about putting the pack in the fermenter. Is it just simple sugars and free amino nitrogen? What's in this pack?

 

[kh54s10]

What gravity was the beer recipe? You should look into making starters so that you are pitching the optimum cell counts. I second (or third) the use of a swamp cooler.

 

[MI_Dogman]

1.057, and I got it down to maintain 68. Fermentation has kicked off.