HoppyMcHopFace
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Hello fellow brewers,
I am currently making a very hop-forward wheat beer with the following recipe:
5Gal water
2 packets of mangrove jacks wheat LME
20g ekuanot @ 15m
80g ekuanot @ flameout and wort at 80degC
30g crushed sweet orange peel @ 10m
25g crushed coriander seeds @ 10m
1 packet of Wyeast 1010 American Wheat (expiration Nov 2021)
Pitched @ 18.7 Deg C, OG: 1.037, IBU: 20
In temperature controlled fridge set at @ 18.5C
I smacked the yeast packet 4hrs or so before pitching according to the instructions on the back which say it's recommended to activate the yeast a few hours before pitching (3hrs+). I heard the yeast bubbling in the packet, so I can probably assume it wasn't dead yeast.
I oxygenated by simply sloshing the wort around for a few minutes before pitching, so nothing super fancy here.
I checked on the fermentation this morning and didn't see any krausen or foam or any sign of fermentation at all! I also made a gravity reading which also hasn't changed in 11hrs since pitching the yeast. The temperature of the sample read 18.7DegC, same as when I pitched the yeast.
Could it be that the yeast is very old? Should I get a new packet of yeast or wait a bit longer?
Many thanks for your help!
Ben
I am currently making a very hop-forward wheat beer with the following recipe:
5Gal water
2 packets of mangrove jacks wheat LME
20g ekuanot @ 15m
80g ekuanot @ flameout and wort at 80degC
30g crushed sweet orange peel @ 10m
25g crushed coriander seeds @ 10m
1 packet of Wyeast 1010 American Wheat (expiration Nov 2021)
Pitched @ 18.7 Deg C, OG: 1.037, IBU: 20
In temperature controlled fridge set at @ 18.5C
I smacked the yeast packet 4hrs or so before pitching according to the instructions on the back which say it's recommended to activate the yeast a few hours before pitching (3hrs+). I heard the yeast bubbling in the packet, so I can probably assume it wasn't dead yeast.
I oxygenated by simply sloshing the wort around for a few minutes before pitching, so nothing super fancy here.
I checked on the fermentation this morning and didn't see any krausen or foam or any sign of fermentation at all! I also made a gravity reading which also hasn't changed in 11hrs since pitching the yeast. The temperature of the sample read 18.7DegC, same as when I pitched the yeast.
Could it be that the yeast is very old? Should I get a new packet of yeast or wait a bit longer?
Many thanks for your help!
Ben