Hey all,
Yesterday I started a batch of what I hoped to be similar to Goose Island's Harvest Ale (quite tasty). I emailed my LHBS ahead of time to make sure he had everything in stock since I'm about 45 minutes away. He had everything I asked for, except the Wyeast 1968. Instead he had White Labs WLP002, which I purchased.
So anyway, I started the batch, got it chilled down to 80F, and pitched the yeast which had been warming up for a few hours.
The past few batches I've done with smack packs have started bubbling after no more than about 12 hours. It's been 20 now with the White Labs.
This is NOT one of those "my brew isn't fermenting and it's been forever, what do I do?" threads. I'm just curious if anyone's noticed a difference between the smack packs and the pitchable tubes as far as how long it takes for visible fermentation to start.
Yesterday I started a batch of what I hoped to be similar to Goose Island's Harvest Ale (quite tasty). I emailed my LHBS ahead of time to make sure he had everything in stock since I'm about 45 minutes away. He had everything I asked for, except the Wyeast 1968. Instead he had White Labs WLP002, which I purchased.
So anyway, I started the batch, got it chilled down to 80F, and pitched the yeast which had been warming up for a few hours.
The past few batches I've done with smack packs have started bubbling after no more than about 12 hours. It's been 20 now with the White Labs.
This is NOT one of those "my brew isn't fermenting and it's been forever, what do I do?" threads. I'm just curious if anyone's noticed a difference between the smack packs and the pitchable tubes as far as how long it takes for visible fermentation to start.