PeterS
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Hane you been embarassed how stupid you are sometimes.? Well, not so much embarassing, since I could have kept it to myself, never the less it was a stupid mistake. My Note in a recent AG brew reads:
"Downed on 30 Mar 05. No fermentation activity evident after 48 hours. On checking the SG of my other fermenter that was ready to be bottled, it showed an SG of 1.041."
The story unfolds as fiollows. I had two identical fermenters in use at the one time. One was ready to be bottled, the other was waiting to pitch the yeast at the right time. I took out the fermenter that was on CC in the fridge and placed it next to the other one. Stupid mistake number one. They are both identical. I had a phone call that stuffed everything up. Well, not everything, accept my routine. When I came back, I pitched the yeast into the fermenter that I thought I should have. No wonder there was no activity after 48 hours, the yeasties have already consumed all the available food and there was no more for any newcomers. I actually put the other fermenter back in the fridge for further CC as it looked cloudy without checking the SG at this stage. Of course it is coudy, it is still a wort awating the fermentation process.
I have learned my lesson. All my fermenters are now marked with an very large letter.
If you have not done so, I advice that you do so immediately, unless I am the only stupid fellow arround here.
Come to think of it, I was enjoying a good drop of Pale Ale at the time.....
"Downed on 30 Mar 05. No fermentation activity evident after 48 hours. On checking the SG of my other fermenter that was ready to be bottled, it showed an SG of 1.041."
The story unfolds as fiollows. I had two identical fermenters in use at the one time. One was ready to be bottled, the other was waiting to pitch the yeast at the right time. I took out the fermenter that was on CC in the fridge and placed it next to the other one. Stupid mistake number one. They are both identical. I had a phone call that stuffed everything up. Well, not everything, accept my routine. When I came back, I pitched the yeast into the fermenter that I thought I should have. No wonder there was no activity after 48 hours, the yeasties have already consumed all the available food and there was no more for any newcomers. I actually put the other fermenter back in the fridge for further CC as it looked cloudy without checking the SG at this stage. Of course it is coudy, it is still a wort awating the fermentation process.
I have learned my lesson. All my fermenters are now marked with an very large letter.
If you have not done so, I advice that you do so immediately, unless I am the only stupid fellow arround here.
Come to think of it, I was enjoying a good drop of Pale Ale at the time.....