slcmorro
87 Warning Points. Bad Boy!
Hi guys,
I used WYeast 3638 in my Hefeweizen, and it's the first time I've used a smack pack. It's got a manufacture date of 14/03/14 so I'd assume that's considered relatively fresh in the grand scheme of things.
I had the pack in the fridge up until the morning after I brewed (no-chill is a wonderful thing!) and smacked in yesterday morning before work. It was about 10c in the house while we were both out at work, and I came home at 5:30 to find it had swollen a little, but not heaps. So about 8-9 hrs it sat at 10c on the sink, doing it's thing. I'm thinking that because it was so cold, it stalled more than it usually would?
Anyways, I pitched it into my FV and dumped the cube on top. It's hard to say, but I reckon there was only maybe 30ml (shot glass) of liquid in the entire pack.
My questions are;
1 - Did the lower temp during 'incubation' affect the swelling of the pack (I know it's not an indicator of bad yeast, I was just expecting a swollen bubble)
2 - Does the volume of yeast sound about right?
I've had the FV in my ferm chamber for just over 12 hrs now at 20c, and there's no sign of activity as yet.
I used WYeast 3638 in my Hefeweizen, and it's the first time I've used a smack pack. It's got a manufacture date of 14/03/14 so I'd assume that's considered relatively fresh in the grand scheme of things.
I had the pack in the fridge up until the morning after I brewed (no-chill is a wonderful thing!) and smacked in yesterday morning before work. It was about 10c in the house while we were both out at work, and I came home at 5:30 to find it had swollen a little, but not heaps. So about 8-9 hrs it sat at 10c on the sink, doing it's thing. I'm thinking that because it was so cold, it stalled more than it usually would?
Anyways, I pitched it into my FV and dumped the cube on top. It's hard to say, but I reckon there was only maybe 30ml (shot glass) of liquid in the entire pack.
My questions are;
1 - Did the lower temp during 'incubation' affect the swelling of the pack (I know it's not an indicator of bad yeast, I was just expecting a swollen bubble)
2 - Does the volume of yeast sound about right?
I've had the FV in my ferm chamber for just over 12 hrs now at 20c, and there's no sign of activity as yet.