I brewed a Maris Otter/Cascade SMaSH this past weekend, with an OG 1.057, and I pitched it with a starter using WLP 013 (London Ale). I attached a blow-off tube, in the expectation that the fermentation might overflow an airlock. The tube leads to about a half-gallon of StarSan solution. The starter was smaller than I intended - 800mL - and the temperature at pitching around 85*F. I know that this is a very high pitching temperature, high enough to possible shock the yeast; but it shouldn't kill it, unless something else is going on. I also realized quite late that I had forgotten to aerate the wort.
It has been three days, and there is no sign of either krausen or CO2 generation (indeed, as the wort cooled, the StarSan solution began to back up into the tube, and I had to release it twice to keep it out of the beer). I know that these are not infallible signs of fermentation, but I am still getting nervous; I have never had a stuck fermentation before, at least not right out of the gate.
Is there anything I might have done wrong that anyone of you can see from this description? I have pitched at high temperatures before without problems, even though it is not desirable to do so. Is there anything anyone can recommend I try? Even just a bit of reassurance would help at this point.
It has been three days, and there is no sign of either krausen or CO2 generation (indeed, as the wort cooled, the StarSan solution began to back up into the tube, and I had to release it twice to keep it out of the beer). I know that these are not infallible signs of fermentation, but I am still getting nervous; I have never had a stuck fermentation before, at least not right out of the gate.
Is there anything I might have done wrong that anyone of you can see from this description? I have pitched at high temperatures before without problems, even though it is not desirable to do so. Is there anything anyone can recommend I try? Even just a bit of reassurance would help at this point.