This is my 6th or 7th batch of 5 gallon kits from Northern Brewers. Everything was done by the book and it’s stopped all activity. I can’t even get a bubble if I slightly rock the fermenter. I used a blowoff tube into a two quarter bottle of water and StarSan.
Here are the details: Pitched dry Safebrew WB-06 (one packet) per instructions at 2pm on Sunday with the wort temp at 77 degrees (instructions said 78 or lower). Aerated well and screwed the top on the fermenter. Installed blowoff. Moved to basement which is pretty constant at 67-68 F. Instructions say ferment at 64-75F. Looked at 9:30pm on Sunday night (about 7 1/2 hours later) and it was bubbling well into blowoff quart jar. I could see where foam had risen about 1 1/12” up the side of the fermenter AND THEN FALLEN BACK!!! I shined a flashlight against the side of fermenter and could see movement of small particles (pretty active).
Today (Monday) at 6:00pm I looked again and saw the drying foam on the side just as I saw at 9:30 last night and a creamy layer on top of the beer. No activity though. No bubbles rising, could see no activity thru the side and no bubbles coming into blowoff jar. I even rocked the fermenter slightly and still no bubbles in blowoff jaw. It looks like it has stopped all activity.
Instructions said that I should see activity in first 48 hours and end one to two weeks after brew day! Only thing different from instructions is that my original gravity was 1.044 and they said it should be 1.049.
HELP!!!!!!!!!!
I do happen to have an extra packet of the same dry yeast that I had gotten for another brew if adding more is a recommendation! The kit is Bavarian Hefeweizen extract kit from Northern. Not an old kit from my standpoint. I just got it last week.
I would appreciate any help. I was really looking forward to this one. All the others have been great!!!
Here are the details: Pitched dry Safebrew WB-06 (one packet) per instructions at 2pm on Sunday with the wort temp at 77 degrees (instructions said 78 or lower). Aerated well and screwed the top on the fermenter. Installed blowoff. Moved to basement which is pretty constant at 67-68 F. Instructions say ferment at 64-75F. Looked at 9:30pm on Sunday night (about 7 1/2 hours later) and it was bubbling well into blowoff quart jar. I could see where foam had risen about 1 1/12” up the side of the fermenter AND THEN FALLEN BACK!!! I shined a flashlight against the side of fermenter and could see movement of small particles (pretty active).
Today (Monday) at 6:00pm I looked again and saw the drying foam on the side just as I saw at 9:30 last night and a creamy layer on top of the beer. No activity though. No bubbles rising, could see no activity thru the side and no bubbles coming into blowoff jar. I even rocked the fermenter slightly and still no bubbles in blowoff jaw. It looks like it has stopped all activity.
Instructions said that I should see activity in first 48 hours and end one to two weeks after brew day! Only thing different from instructions is that my original gravity was 1.044 and they said it should be 1.049.
HELP!!!!!!!!!!
I do happen to have an extra packet of the same dry yeast that I had gotten for another brew if adding more is a recommendation! The kit is Bavarian Hefeweizen extract kit from Northern. Not an old kit from my standpoint. I just got it last week.
I would appreciate any help. I was really looking forward to this one. All the others have been great!!!