Stout beer yeast

[insnekamkze86]

hello there i just made a batch of coopers irish stout beer and pitched the yeast for it to start the fermentation process and before i pitched the yeast i thought the temp was 70 degrees because i was taking a hydrometer reading for OG and it was 70 degrees now its showing 68 degrees. Is that to low of a temp to have pitch the yeast or should i be fine since its 68 or should the temp be warmer.

 

[Reelale]

That's perfect. What yeast are you using? Might be a little lag time, but you're right in the slot for temperature.

 

[insnekamkze86]

two 7 gram packets of coopers dry yeast with yeast nutrient

 

[Reelale]

Not familiar with that yeast, but you'll be fine with almost every ale yeast at that temperature. In fact, that is probably the preferred temperature.

 

[speter]

Relax. The last batch of Dry Irish Stout I did fermented closer to 65°, and it turned out great.

 

[insnekamkze86]

its the yeast u get when you buy the canned extract kit from coopers. i was worryed because when i pitched the yeast it didnt look like it dissolved but was clumpy. it looks clear now in the fermentor but it was weird.

 

[Reelale]

Dry yeast does that. Did you re-hydrate it or just pitch on top of the wort? Either way, relax, you're making beer.

 

[insnekamkze86]

i just pitched it on top of the wort. i figure i was just being paranoid but just wanted to be sure because i didnt want it be screwed up. my airlock was 3/4ths full in both tubes and the water has gone down in one tube so there's some activity in the beer.

 

[insnekamkze86]

sorry if im off subject but have a question. How do u think this batch will turn out. The ingredients are a coopers brewmaster irish stout canned beer kit, some burton water salts, 2lbs of raw cane sugar, a pound of black treacle, 5lbs of briess dark dry malt and 14 grams of dry yeast; with a gravity reading of 1.072 at 70 degrees.