blitzballer2201
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Good Day!
I have been brewing for about 10 years, and I have never had an issue such as this.
I finished a brew day like normal, pitched my yeast starter, and waited. Typically - my fermentation starts within hours but this time it appeared to not do anything. I checked the next day... Still no activity. The next day... still no activity. So on and so on. Now we are one week in and I figure there is either one of three things are happening.
1. Bad yeast
2. There is a leak in the fermentation bucket causing the air to not go through the airlock.
3. Temperature is too cold - I can rule this out quickly, live in a warmer climate and its up stairs.
I first ruled the bad yeast. First thing I looked for was activity in the fermenter, krausen was present. Next I took a gravity reading one week into fermentation. My OG was 1.045 and my reading came at 1.025. Its higher than I was expected for a reading, but this tells me that fermentation is going on... So where is the Co2?
Next I checked for a leak in the bucket. I plugged up the hole for the air lock and applied pressure to the top of the lid, HOPING to hear some air leak out of the side or maybe a bad seal... No leak.
So now im super confused. There appears to be fermentation, but no Co2 which seems impossible since thats the byproduct. Any ideas?
I have been brewing for about 10 years, and I have never had an issue such as this.
I finished a brew day like normal, pitched my yeast starter, and waited. Typically - my fermentation starts within hours but this time it appeared to not do anything. I checked the next day... Still no activity. The next day... still no activity. So on and so on. Now we are one week in and I figure there is either one of three things are happening.
1. Bad yeast
2. There is a leak in the fermentation bucket causing the air to not go through the airlock.
3. Temperature is too cold - I can rule this out quickly, live in a warmer climate and its up stairs.
I first ruled the bad yeast. First thing I looked for was activity in the fermenter, krausen was present. Next I took a gravity reading one week into fermentation. My OG was 1.045 and my reading came at 1.025. Its higher than I was expected for a reading, but this tells me that fermentation is going on... So where is the Co2?
Next I checked for a leak in the bucket. I plugged up the hole for the air lock and applied pressure to the top of the lid, HOPING to hear some air leak out of the side or maybe a bad seal... No leak.
So now im super confused. There appears to be fermentation, but no Co2 which seems impossible since thats the byproduct. Any ideas?