Tale of 2 different fermentations

[applescrap]

Check this out, 10 gallon batch. One got wlp800, the other 802. Both were real old and set to expire this month. One took 36 hours (at least visible in bucket) and the other almost 60 hours. Anyways, the wlp800, 36 hour start, showed the rise of yeast, that without fail, I have always seen, and is still opaque. The wlp802 (slow start) doesn't show that rise and also is not opaque anymore. I think the heat rose a little in the room, but I can almost always see some sort of rise from krausen. The wlp802 definitely smelt like it was fermenting and I could hear it in the bucket bubbling and fermenting. Any thoughts? Might actually have to break down and test this one with a hydrometer.

View attachment 1476250654455.jpg

View attachment 1476250662724.jpg

 

[TexasDroughtBrewery]

I wouldn't mess with it, let em ride and do what they need to do.

 

[jddevinn]

I'm guessing that you didn't bother using a starter to grow the yeast to the correct pitch rate?

 

[kh54s10]

I see a krausen ring in both buckets. They are fermenting.

Yeast starters? I guess not from the lag time.

Fermentation temperatures.

If either of these are off, the beer will suffer.

 

[applescrap]

I'm guessing that you didn't bother using a starter to grow the yeast to the correct pitch rate?

Correct but pitch rate I believe is important.

 

[Sadu]

I'm guessing that you didn't bother using a starter to grow the yeast to the correct pitch rate?

Correct but pitch rate I believe is important.

Can't have it both ways.

Either you believe pitch rates are important or you don't bother with starters.

 

[applescrap]

Haha mystery solved. I think its a different lid thickness making one opaque. The one with the chunks floating in it hadn't changed in a few days. So I figured you know what, I want to drink that today. Plus just dying to see what the hell that was floating in there. I was hoping it was some sort of wild sour or something. No such luck, it was little pieces of hop floating around and some grain that slipped into this first 10 gallon batch. Well after looking at it, I figured I would rack it today. Anyways thanks for the thoughts.

 

[applescrap]

After 3 or 4 weeks the opaque one looked like this, I thought maybe it was still fermenting. Figured i should rack it anyways. After I poked it it just looked like protein and ferment by product.

View attachment 1478176970611.jpg

 

[jddevinn]

3-4 Weeks!!!!!

 

[applescrap]

Yep, son of a gun looked like a wit! I think you can ferment lagers warm but there is no getting around the cold lager time needed to flocculate them. 34\70 definitely is a better bet. This wlp800 still had krausen after 3to4 weeks sitting warm.

 

[applescrap]

Ok that s..t was bunk check these out 48 hours later.

View attachment 1479444346526.jpg