Thursday, October 29, 2009

Some Movement!

I gave the carboy a strong jostle tonight, and now we're getting some very, very slow action in the fermenting airlock. This is big. Starter yeast, with any White Labs yeast vial, may be required, fellas.
Posted by Greenville Brew Crew at 10:13 PM
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  1. AndrewOctober 30, 2009 at 6:52 AM

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  2. AndrewOctober 30, 2009 at 6:53 AM

    anything with higher gravity we should just use 2 vials to be safe

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  3. ChurchesOctober 30, 2009 at 7:51 AM

    I don't know, man, digging around for so long fretting over the no activity, a common theme came up:

    White Labs, despite high cell count, is slow out of the box. I don't know if we need to adjust the amount of raw yeast (which just adds cost), but rather just crank us up a starter yeast a couple days before.

    We'd need us a 1000 ml science class beaker and a stopper that an airlock would fit into, and we'd be set. Just have to have some DME around that matches the batch we want to brew next, and crank that yeast up a couple days early.

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  4. ChurchesOctober 30, 2009 at 7:51 AM

    Or, maybe try that brand of yeast that TC has in stock, instead...

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  5. AndrewOctober 30, 2009 at 8:18 AM

    it definitely wasn't slow on the pale ale

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  6. ChurchesOctober 30, 2009 at 8:27 AM

    This is true, but it could be related to the yeast strain, maybe?

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