redraider77
Active Member
Finally got my chest freezer converted to be a fermentation chamber and decided to try and brew a schwarzbier. Bought two packets of Saflager w34/70 and rehydrated. Put wort in the chamber and started to cool it down to 50 degF. Let the yeast rehydrate at room temperature until the wort was at 50 degF. Put the rehydrated yeast in the chamber for about 30 minutes to let it cool down as well. Pitched the yeast. Not sure what the exact temperature of the yeast was when I pitched but thought 30 minutes was enough time to get the yeast close to the wort temperature. That was 9/24, Thursday night and this is Monday, 9/28 so its been four days and there is no airlock activity at all. I know the airlock doesn't tell you if it is fermenting or not but I would have expected something. Not sure what to do at this point. Should I give it a gentle stir, repitch, take a gravity reading, raise the temperature or what. I ferment in buckets so I can't see what's exactly going on inside. I think the yeast was good because it foamed like crazy when I rehydrated. Thanks for any suggestions.