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Hi
I kicked off a coopers real ale on Sunday and still the wort doesn't seem to be bubbling away like it normally does by this time
I tried re-hydrating the yeast (that came with the can), but it didn't seem to work and I just ended up with some muddy looking water - but pitched it anyway. When I opened the yeast packed it did not look right either - sort of clumpy.
Boil a kettle of water and pour this over and around the surface of the fermenter. The heat might be enough to get it going. I've done this only a couple of times, with some success. It may have been a fluke though
Hi
the water was only just warm when I sprinkled the yeast in
the temp of the wort at brewing was about 24 (according to the stick on thermometer on the side of my plastic fermenter) and it has been at around 20 for the past few days
Bubbling thru the airlock is only an indication that your fermenter is having a seal, not that there is fermentation happening. You should be looking for things like froth on top of the brew and a decrease in specific gravity of the wort as indiacations that the yeast is being working.
One thing the guru forgot to mention is listen. A good fermentation will snap crackle and pop.
Dogger
"Listening to someone who brews their own beer is like listening to a religous fanatic talk about the day he saw the light" Ross Murray, Montreal Gazette
"Listening to someone who brews their own beer is like listening to a religous fanatic talk about the day he saw the light" Ross Murray, Montreal Gazette
Hrundi V Bakshi wrote:I also was not mentioning smelling for carbon dioxiade. There was one funny fellow here who stuck is head in the bucket and did pass out.
forgot to mention is listen. A good fermentation will snap crackle and pop.