archimedes24
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I'm sorry to add another, "What should I do guys" e-mail...but I'm a bit worried about this last batch.
Coopers Canadian Blond Kit
.5kg LME
.5kg Dextrose
Safale s-04 yeast.
Dissolved fermentables into boiling water in a pot. Added kit. Mixed well. Poured all into (what I thought was) a thrice sanitized fermenter. Added cold tap water to 23L. Pitched dry yeast over top. Put in nice dark room, close door. Walk away.
24 hours later, and the yeast wasn't doing what it normally does. Read, while there was a very thin layer of bubbles on top, it wasn't the regular frothy foam I expected. Another 24 hours, and it's frothing a little bit more, but still only 1/4 as much as my last brew did w/ Safale. Now, 24 hours later, and there's no foam to be seen at all. The top surface of the brew looks like a glass of soda if you poured it in a glass w/ no ice...it's got some real fine bubbling action, but nothing else. (See pic 1) I opened up the fermenter and stuck my head in to take a whiff, and almost got knocked on the floor w/ the alcohol smell. I won't go into the fact that the airlock wasn't bubbling, I know enough that my seal could've been leaking.
There is sediment on the bottom of the fermenter...
My initial reading on the hydrometer was 1048. After 4 days, I'm reading 1014. When I opened the tap & poured the brew in, the brew in my hydrometer tube had so much stuff floating in it, it looked like a snow globe. It's all settled to the bottom, so I'm hoping that was just some yeast. It's about 3/4 of an inch thick.
(See pic 2)
Okay all you beer detectives...get out your crystal balls (haha) and tell me if you think I should tip this in the alley, or leave it a few more days....
Thanks for your help...
Coopers Canadian Blond Kit
.5kg LME
.5kg Dextrose
Safale s-04 yeast.
Dissolved fermentables into boiling water in a pot. Added kit. Mixed well. Poured all into (what I thought was) a thrice sanitized fermenter. Added cold tap water to 23L. Pitched dry yeast over top. Put in nice dark room, close door. Walk away.
24 hours later, and the yeast wasn't doing what it normally does. Read, while there was a very thin layer of bubbles on top, it wasn't the regular frothy foam I expected. Another 24 hours, and it's frothing a little bit more, but still only 1/4 as much as my last brew did w/ Safale. Now, 24 hours later, and there's no foam to be seen at all. The top surface of the brew looks like a glass of soda if you poured it in a glass w/ no ice...it's got some real fine bubbling action, but nothing else. (See pic 1) I opened up the fermenter and stuck my head in to take a whiff, and almost got knocked on the floor w/ the alcohol smell. I won't go into the fact that the airlock wasn't bubbling, I know enough that my seal could've been leaking.
There is sediment on the bottom of the fermenter...
My initial reading on the hydrometer was 1048. After 4 days, I'm reading 1014. When I opened the tap & poured the brew in, the brew in my hydrometer tube had so much stuff floating in it, it looked like a snow globe. It's all settled to the bottom, so I'm hoping that was just some yeast. It's about 3/4 of an inch thick.
(See pic 2)
Okay all you beer detectives...get out your crystal balls (haha) and tell me if you think I should tip this in the alley, or leave it a few more days....
Thanks for your help...