doublebogey10
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Brewed an American Brown Ale (similar to the Rogue Hazelnut clone recipe that's around but also added some honey at the end) last weekend. OG was 1.061.
3-gallon batch. Started with about 5.5 total volume.
BIAB. Mashed at 152 for 60 minutes. 60-minute boil.
Cooled down to around 75 with an ice bath in ~30 minutes.
Pitched a vial of San Diego Super Yeast (WLP090) straight in after moving to carboy and aerating a bit (About 3.25 volume into the carboy). With it only being a three-gallon batch of 1.061, didn't think I needed a starter but I also didn't even check the numbers. (Best by date was late Oct).
Sealed it up in the carboy and got nothing. No signs of fermentation. No krausen or airlock activity. Nothing.
After 72 hours, took a reading and it was still 1.061.
Considering I bought the WLP090 online and had it shipped and even though I paid for the ice in shipping, I figured that maybe the yeast was shot due to summer temps (I refrigerated it the moment it arrived and did not have trouble with the other vial of 001 from same shipment that I used for another batch two weeks ago, however).
So, I bought some US-05 from LHBS. Rehydrated it and pitched that to try and get it going. It has been 2.5 days and I just took a reading at it's still 1.061.
This is about my 30th batch of homebrew and sixth batch of BIAB. Have never seen anything like this. Nothing was out of whack on brew day. Same process as always other than some attempts to get better efficiency (squeezing the bag, etc.). I'm pretty confused by this.
Any thoughts on what might be going on and any suggestions of what to do next?
3-gallon batch. Started with about 5.5 total volume.
BIAB. Mashed at 152 for 60 minutes. 60-minute boil.
Cooled down to around 75 with an ice bath in ~30 minutes.
Pitched a vial of San Diego Super Yeast (WLP090) straight in after moving to carboy and aerating a bit (About 3.25 volume into the carboy). With it only being a three-gallon batch of 1.061, didn't think I needed a starter but I also didn't even check the numbers. (Best by date was late Oct).
Sealed it up in the carboy and got nothing. No signs of fermentation. No krausen or airlock activity. Nothing.
After 72 hours, took a reading and it was still 1.061.
Considering I bought the WLP090 online and had it shipped and even though I paid for the ice in shipping, I figured that maybe the yeast was shot due to summer temps (I refrigerated it the moment it arrived and did not have trouble with the other vial of 001 from same shipment that I used for another batch two weeks ago, however).
So, I bought some US-05 from LHBS. Rehydrated it and pitched that to try and get it going. It has been 2.5 days and I just took a reading at it's still 1.061.
This is about my 30th batch of homebrew and sixth batch of BIAB. Have never seen anything like this. Nothing was out of whack on brew day. Same process as always other than some attempts to get better efficiency (squeezing the bag, etc.). I'm pretty confused by this.
Any thoughts on what might be going on and any suggestions of what to do next?