Good morning all,
I did a Dunkelweizen with pumpkin this past weekend, it is the first time I have tried a pumpkin beer.
I used the Dark German Wheat yeast smack pack, and it seemed underinflated when I pitched. So I gave it a day and nothing. I had some extra Safale-05 so I tossed that in last evening, and this morning still nothing.
No foam, no bubbles, nothing. When I checked the preboil gravity it was low so I did a 90 minute boil and hit the OG spot on at 1.051.
I am considering using a smack pack of 1056 tonight if nothing is still happening, but really dont want to waste yeast.
Is it possible the beer is unfermentable? Is there something to pumpkin or pumpkin spice that may cause this? I have never seen a beer with zero bubbles before.
TIA
I did a Dunkelweizen with pumpkin this past weekend, it is the first time I have tried a pumpkin beer.
I used the Dark German Wheat yeast smack pack, and it seemed underinflated when I pitched. So I gave it a day and nothing. I had some extra Safale-05 so I tossed that in last evening, and this morning still nothing.
No foam, no bubbles, nothing. When I checked the preboil gravity it was low so I did a 90 minute boil and hit the OG spot on at 1.051.
I am considering using a smack pack of 1056 tonight if nothing is still happening, but really dont want to waste yeast.
Is it possible the beer is unfermentable? Is there something to pumpkin or pumpkin spice that may cause this? I have never seen a beer with zero bubbles before.
TIA