Jim's Beer Kit

I re-pitched the yeast yesterday into a Firkin Brewery Dogbolter clone and this morning it was fermenting well. My plan is to re-use it five times, from one brew to the next without making up a starter. So, one down and four to go.

I brewed on Saturday, pitched a 1 litre starter of Wyeast 1056 about 130pm. There was bubbles coming out of the blow off tube when I checked it at 930pm. The starter had been made on Monday, given 12 hours on a stir plate, 36 hours to ferment out and was put in the fridge to store on Wednesday unti...

Checked again and it has dropped another point. So two points in 48 hours. I would rather not take the lid off just yet to check the surface. I can see a bit through the sides as it is a plastic fermenter and see nothing as yet. Just suppose I had made a starter, would it have taken as long as this ...

I have just check it this morning. So after 43 hours it has made a tremendous leap down all of 1 point. But the temp has increased from 19.4 to 20c so it could be hotting up. It could also mean the Tilt I am relying on for monitoring is duff. I am not yet getting my hopes up because after so long it...

No I didn't make a starter because this particular brand of liquid yeast said you didn't need to. The batch size was 23L.

I have just checked it and still no activity. Temp 19.4. So that's 25 hours.

I have just tried this new liquid yeast for the first time. The only instructions were to bring the yeast up to room temperature and throw it in. My recipe is a Barclay Perkins Best Stout, SG 1052. It has been nineteen hours and there is absolutely no activity and the temperature has dropped from a ...

I have used a Tilt for 22 months off and on. The battery has just let me know that it is done. That is sixteen and a half three week brew lengths. I don't think that is too bad. I know about the doggy readings you get some times but I use it for monitoring change. It tells me when the primary fermen...

Thanks Kev. I looked up the meaning of the two terms and they are pentahydrate - bonded with 5 molecules of water and Andydrous is totally dry. So I think you are right that the pentahydrate would mix and dissolve quicker in water so I have ordered some. I checked current pricing and Redoka are stil...

Percarbonate will clean quite well by itself, especially whilst bubbling. However PBW is more sophisticated - it also includes sodium metasilicate, and I believe things to help reduce deposits of scale building up on equipment in hard water areas during longer soaks. Personally I buy both percarbon...

I have down 31 brews and never had wort fountains as you had. I always take my time pouring in the grains and stir occasionally, giving the grains plenty of time to absorb the liquor. But I have not brewed a wheat beer. I bought some food grade Silicone Edging Strip To suit 2.0mm from Polymax Ltd to...

What about Titanic Lifeboat Ale from Graham Wheelers book page 146 of the 1998 edition? I am brewing that one next. Thanks, any more details on this as I don't have the book? I would if someone can tell me how to simply export the details from Beersmith in a form that can be shown on this forum. Th...

What about Titanic Lifeboat Ale from Graham Wheelers book page 146 of the 1998 edition?

I am brewing that one next.

Panic over. A fair fermentation is taking place after 36 hours. TG.

Rob.

I guess you have fermented right out, if you bottled the last batch, so the yeast will take a little while to wake up. You should see signs of fermentation at 24 hours (+/- 12 hours). So it could take up to 36 hours to show any real signs of life, amazing! Thanks. I forgot to mention that the yeast...

Well I have just had my first attempt at re-pitching slurry from my last brew yesterday. How long should it take to show clear signs of fermenting? I did a brew and bottle on the same day so the yeast slurry was just harvested from the fermenter into a serialized container and stored briefly on the ...