I usually brew all grain but got some dried malt extract from a buddy. Just got done brewing it last night and got it into my fermenter. This morning I checked on it and it looks like it is lacking fermentation. I pitched my yeast at about 73degrees. Any thoughts???
Lack of fermentation
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Yes two thoughts....The sticky at the top of the beginner's forum states "Fermentation can take between 24 and 72 hours." And the second one is, remember the ONLY activity that means anything is a drop in gravity, not airlocks or even krausen formation. Use your hydrometer to tell you whether or not anything's really going on. But since it's too soon to worry, don't do anything til it's been 72 hours, THEN take a grav reading.
Agreed... It is WAY too soon to get worried. You don't say what kind of yeast or how much you pitched. If you pitched way too little I wouldn't be surprised if you see nothing for another couple of days.
Sticky? What's a sticky?
That thing no-one looks at, that usually contains all the answers.
Patience is your friend, also no visible signs of fermentation doesn't mean that fermentation didn't start.
Bubbles are just CO2 escaping from solution and fermentation is much more than that, also before any further action be sure to take gravity reading.
Bubbles are just CO2 escaping from solution and fermentation is much more than that, also before any further action be sure to take gravity reading.
mike_in_ak
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Revvy said:That thing no-one looks at, that usually contains all the answers.
To be fair, it's pretty easy to overlook them on mobile devices. I'm on here 99% of the time on phone or iPad and I have a hard time remembering that they're there. Always amused when I rediscover them!
