Yeast/Fermentation

[Sawickib091]

Okay so I am new to this hobby. On Saturday I brewed my first batch using the 1 gallon Kama Citra IPA kit from Northern Brewers. Well it took a solid 72 hours before the yeast started doing its thing.

Should I let it ferment longer than the 2 weeks due to it starting a few days late?

 

[balrog]

Patience is the hardest thing to learn in this hobby.
The yeast will do its thing based on its treatment, its environment, and whatever universal karmic poltergeists have to say.
Two weeks from now-ish is likely fine, depending on what temp, and temp range, the interior of the beer is seeing.

Absolutely nothing will happen at an absolute time, of that you can be absolutely certain.

 

[Sawickib091]

Patience is the hardest thing to learn in this hobby.
The yeast will do its thing based on its treatment, its environment, and whatever universal karmic poltergeists have to say.
Two weeks from now-ish is likely fine, depending on what temp, and temp range, the interior of the beer is seeing.

Absolutely nothing will happen at an absolute time, of that you can be absolutely certain.

Thanks for your input!

 

[rburrelli]

Okay so I am new to this hobby. On Saturday I brewed my first batch using the 1 gallon Kama Citra IPA kit from Northern Brewers. Well it took a solid 72 hours before the yeast started doing its thing.

Should I let it ferment longer than the 2 weeks due to it starting a few days late?

Yeast are done fermenting wort when they are done. There is not set time schedule. Taking hydrometer readings are the way to determine if fermentation has completed.

I think the timer on kits starts when fermentation starts, but almost any kit will be done fermenting by the end of two weeks. 72 hours may seem like a lot to you but it is not that bad.just a long lag phase which might have been affected by your processes r age of the yeast.

 

[BrewnWKopperKat]

Taking hydrometer readings are the way to determine if fermentation has completed.

Did the kit instructions come with estimated OG and FG values?