littleladyshay
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Howdy everyone,
not my first batch ever but my first going all grain. The whole brew day went really smoothly but as soon as I pitched my yeast (I went with the dry kind, Safale-05 specifically) and the thermometer on my kettle was reading around 90 degrees F when I siphoned to my fermentor. I pitched the yeast after aerating for about ten minutes and I figured the wort would cool down just enough after this time, but I'm worried the temp was too low for the yeast to start fermenting.
Every other batch I've brewed, the yeast started foaming up almost immediately following the pitch so I'm worried that I ruined the batch.
I use star san to sanitize and even though it's supposed to be a no rinse and relatively safe sanitizer in small quantities, I'm worried that there might have been an amount of it coating the sides of my fermentor as well that may have killed the yeast or something.
Am I being too impatient with this? Will it start to ferment in a few hours or should I find a way to warm it back up a bit? Would that even help?
Thanks in advance!
not my first batch ever but my first going all grain. The whole brew day went really smoothly but as soon as I pitched my yeast (I went with the dry kind, Safale-05 specifically) and the thermometer on my kettle was reading around 90 degrees F when I siphoned to my fermentor. I pitched the yeast after aerating for about ten minutes and I figured the wort would cool down just enough after this time, but I'm worried the temp was too low for the yeast to start fermenting.
Every other batch I've brewed, the yeast started foaming up almost immediately following the pitch so I'm worried that I ruined the batch.
I use star san to sanitize and even though it's supposed to be a no rinse and relatively safe sanitizer in small quantities, I'm worried that there might have been an amount of it coating the sides of my fermentor as well that may have killed the yeast or something.
Am I being too impatient with this? Will it start to ferment in a few hours or should I find a way to warm it back up a bit? Would that even help?
Thanks in advance!