(this is an edited re-post from the Skunk Fart thread)
Well I finally did my first AG yesterday, which took all day but it was good to put the theory into action !!
The gravity was down a bit on what I had hoped at 1.051 adjusted (aiming for 1.054) and the efficiency was 63% which needs some work... oh well, there's always next weekend.
One thing that is bothering me a bit and hopefully you guys will clarify it for me: I dropped the wort into the fermenter from a fair height and had about a 5" head on it to aerate before putting it into an ice bath. Due to ambient temps (38 in perth yesterday), I finally had to chuck the fermenter into the freezer and wait. I just pitched the starter at 21deg (it got down to about 17 at the tap) but its been about several hours since I aerated the wort.
Should I re-shake/aerate the fermenter to re-oxygenate it or will what I did earlier do the trick?
Its now about 12 hours since I pitched the yeast and there is no airlock activity - do I have a problem here?
TIA
Well I finally did my first AG yesterday, which took all day but it was good to put the theory into action !!
The gravity was down a bit on what I had hoped at 1.051 adjusted (aiming for 1.054) and the efficiency was 63% which needs some work... oh well, there's always next weekend.
One thing that is bothering me a bit and hopefully you guys will clarify it for me: I dropped the wort into the fermenter from a fair height and had about a 5" head on it to aerate before putting it into an ice bath. Due to ambient temps (38 in perth yesterday), I finally had to chuck the fermenter into the freezer and wait. I just pitched the starter at 21deg (it got down to about 17 at the tap) but its been about several hours since I aerated the wort.
Should I re-shake/aerate the fermenter to re-oxygenate it or will what I did earlier do the trick?
Its now about 12 hours since I pitched the yeast and there is no airlock activity - do I have a problem here?
TIA