acaaron816
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Ok, so my friends and I just brewed our first batch of a Pale ale...brewing went generally ok.
Our biggest problem was cooling the wort. I'd read many conflicting reports, and due to limiting circumstances and space, decided to throw a bag of store-bought ice into the bucket and then dumped the wort in there, but took the temp and it was still too high to pitch the yeast.
So, I threw the cover on the bucket, but realized this would just take too long. I put some more ice in, put the cover back on, and waited some more. I removed the lid too many times to take the temperature since I was eager to pitch the yeast and get it fermenting. Finally, I got the temp below 90f, pitched the yeast, and stuck 'er in the closet.
Got some good bubbling for the next two days, but then today the bubbling seems to have stopped. There are bubles formed around the inside of the airlock, but no movement.
What's the worst that could've happened? Best? What should our gameplan from here on out be?
Thanks a ton,
(nervous) aaron
Our biggest problem was cooling the wort. I'd read many conflicting reports, and due to limiting circumstances and space, decided to throw a bag of store-bought ice into the bucket and then dumped the wort in there, but took the temp and it was still too high to pitch the yeast.
So, I threw the cover on the bucket, but realized this would just take too long. I put some more ice in, put the cover back on, and waited some more. I removed the lid too many times to take the temperature since I was eager to pitch the yeast and get it fermenting. Finally, I got the temp below 90f, pitched the yeast, and stuck 'er in the closet.
Got some good bubbling for the next two days, but then today the bubbling seems to have stopped. There are bubles formed around the inside of the airlock, but no movement.
What's the worst that could've happened? Best? What should our gameplan from here on out be?
Thanks a ton,
(nervous) aaron