Brauman
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Fellow Homebrewers!
On Monday I ventured into the realms of 1 gallon brewing, starting this quest with a Caribou Slobber from the Norther Brewers. A one gallon batch, pitching -as directed - half the package of Windsor Ale Yeast. I installed the airlock, suspecting it would blow off, which it did at some point in the night from mon to tue, so installed a blowoff hose, etc. As I left for work the beer was bubbling away like mad, much to my pleasure, but once I returned home ~ 9hrs later, there was nothing happening. nada. no bubbling, no frothing, nihl. No foam no krausen. Maybe the sporadic bubble every now and so often, but that's it. temp is ~68-70 so i don't think it's an enviromental probelm. Did I perhaps suffocate the yeast, when I installed the blowoff tube?
So what I am thinking is, I'll keep it in the fermentor for 10 days or so, then I'll rack it, add some DME/fermaid to it and pitch another round of yeast.
Has anyone done this before?
Any idea why the fermentation stopped so rapidly?
I'm doing the 1 gallon so I can get creative, so I welcome creative suggestions.
:rockin:
On Monday I ventured into the realms of 1 gallon brewing, starting this quest with a Caribou Slobber from the Norther Brewers. A one gallon batch, pitching -as directed - half the package of Windsor Ale Yeast. I installed the airlock, suspecting it would blow off, which it did at some point in the night from mon to tue, so installed a blowoff hose, etc. As I left for work the beer was bubbling away like mad, much to my pleasure, but once I returned home ~ 9hrs later, there was nothing happening. nada. no bubbling, no frothing, nihl. No foam no krausen. Maybe the sporadic bubble every now and so often, but that's it. temp is ~68-70 so i don't think it's an enviromental probelm. Did I perhaps suffocate the yeast, when I installed the blowoff tube?
So what I am thinking is, I'll keep it in the fermentor for 10 days or so, then I'll rack it, add some DME/fermaid to it and pitch another round of yeast.
Has anyone done this before?
Any idea why the fermentation stopped so rapidly?
I'm doing the 1 gallon so I can get creative, so I welcome creative suggestions.
:rockin: