GASoline71
Well-Known Member
So I brewed a Dunkelweizen (extract with steeping grains) on Dec 14. Pitched some Wyeast #3333 (German Wheat) at a kinda low temp. I wasn't paying attention, and let the wort chill to 68 degrees. So when I added another gallon of water to bring it up to 5 gallons in the bucket. Which chilled it to 64 degrees. Crap... so I pitched anyways. Set the fermenter up with a heating pad in the garage, and got the wort up to 68ish. Been holding it between 65 and 68 for 2 days. This morning I swished the bucket around a bit to stir things up. As of noon today... still not one bubble out of the airlock.
I called the LHBS where I got my supplies and the owner asked me to bring in the Wyeast smack-pak. I happened to still have it in the garbage can. So I pulled it out of the trash and took it to him. He checked the date. It was Aug 2012. So it should still be good. He was out of the Wyeast #3333. But he gave me a vial of White Labs of WLP #300 (Hefeweizen Ale) to pitch later this evening if I still had no yeast activity. He's a good cat. Didn't even charge me for the White Labs vial.
Anyways... When I got home from LHBS today, I pulled the bucket lid off and confirmed there has been no activity. I shook the WLP and set it on top of the fridge where it is warm to come up to room temp. For giggles I went out and had my daughters boyfriend shake up the bucket a little to see if anything would happen. Well, here I am 4 hours later and I now have just a little airlock activity from the Wyeast I pitched 2 days ago. Ugh...
So now I'm wondering if I should go ahead and pitch the WLP #300 as it's been shaken up, and been sitting out at room temp for 4 hours. I don't want to waste the yeast. But don't want to over pitch either. I didn't use a starter on this beer either. I kept the ABV down to 4.4% for my girlfriend. So the OG was 1.050.
Suggestion? Go ahead and pitch the WLP #300? Or continue to wait until tomorrow to see if there is fermentation actually happening? IF I don't pitch the WLP# 300 can I put it back in the fridge?
Gary
I called the LHBS where I got my supplies and the owner asked me to bring in the Wyeast smack-pak. I happened to still have it in the garbage can. So I pulled it out of the trash and took it to him. He checked the date. It was Aug 2012. So it should still be good. He was out of the Wyeast #3333. But he gave me a vial of White Labs of WLP #300 (Hefeweizen Ale) to pitch later this evening if I still had no yeast activity. He's a good cat. Didn't even charge me for the White Labs vial.
Anyways... When I got home from LHBS today, I pulled the bucket lid off and confirmed there has been no activity. I shook the WLP and set it on top of the fridge where it is warm to come up to room temp. For giggles I went out and had my daughters boyfriend shake up the bucket a little to see if anything would happen. Well, here I am 4 hours later and I now have just a little airlock activity from the Wyeast I pitched 2 days ago. Ugh...
So now I'm wondering if I should go ahead and pitch the WLP #300 as it's been shaken up, and been sitting out at room temp for 4 hours. I don't want to waste the yeast. But don't want to over pitch either. I didn't use a starter on this beer either. I kept the ABV down to 4.4% for my girlfriend. So the OG was 1.050.
Suggestion? Go ahead and pitch the WLP #300? Or continue to wait until tomorrow to see if there is fermentation actually happening? IF I don't pitch the WLP# 300 can I put it back in the fridge?
Gary