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A few weeks ago, I did a batch of Czech Pilsner. While it was fermenting, we had a family emergency and, basically, I forgot about it. I should have bottled it a couple weeks ago. Is there still yeast in there to carbonate? Or is there something I can do to salvage it so I can bottle?

Yeah, it was sealed up in the tube. Thanks for the info. I figured there wouldn't be much of a problem, I'm just paranoid about doing unexpected things to yeast.

My co-worker just did a batch this last weekend. He said he forgot to pitch and left his wet yeast out on the sink over-night. He pitched it the next day and he's got activity, but now I'm curious. Will he get off-flavors from this? I know it was just at room temperature.

Yeah, so it looks like I'm going to need about 30 or so lbs of pressure. It's sitting in a 71° room.

Yeah, this is going to be room temp. My boss says he does 4lbs in his keg for a week while refrigerated.

I've got a 2 liter bottle sitting with a C02 can at 8 or 10 pounds of pressure. How long would it take for it to be fully carbonated? And is there a better pressure I should be using?

Let me be clear about what was going on. The kit was put together specifically with ale yeast in mind because I can't lager. This is quite common where I live because many people in the area don't lager. Just about all kits in my area have an ale alternative. When I pitched that night, I...

Currently, it's a Doppelbock with Ale yeast. I didn't like those numbers, so I lowered it down to 64°.

I have it in the tub. When it got to 73°/74°, I filled it half-high with water and added enough ice to bring it down to 64°. Several days later, the burbling subsided and the ice went away, so now it's hanging around 68°. This is awesome because I can have 3 fermenters in there at once!

Would you say that when the yeast really gets going that it raises the temp about 5° by itself?

That's awesome - I'll have to find a container like that.

Good point. Is it still possible to get an infection past the sanitizer?

Awesome - I'll try that too.

Great idea. I'll try that.

OH! HAH! Yeah, that's different! I turned the heat off the wort and had an ice bath ready. In the ice bath, I placed another empty pot. In that pot, I put my ice block. This was a full gallon of water so I counted it toward the final volume. At this point, the wort on the stove was...