So, I gave Jamil's evil twin a go this weekend. I'll jump straight to the problem all the way to the end.
We've had some warmer weather than normal here in FL the last few days so getting the wort down to fermentation temp was a little tough. I did manage to get it into the 70's though with a lot of work. I decided this way okay to pitch because although our days have been warm our nights have been cool enough to think that the temp would help bring the ambient air down a bit. That and some frozen PET bottles, a frozen towel over the primary that is sitting in a nice cold water bath with a fan on it and I should be okay. Well, it actually got pretty cold in my house so I'm thinking I may have shocked the yeast and they may all have fallen. I pitched the beer late Saturday night and its now Monday and I have yet to see even a spec of life out of the yeast. I've check the fermenter and can't find any sign of a leak. The pressure in the airlock still looks balanced as well. So, I'm wondering if its possible that the cold night killed or shocked the yeast to the point where they all fell out before they even got going?
Having said that, the outside air never got below the mid 50's and the air in the house was in the 60's the whole time. the bath water was also in the low 60's at its coldest so who knows.
Just give it more time, its getting close to the 48 hr mark, has anybody ever had to go longer than that to see activity before?
We've had some warmer weather than normal here in FL the last few days so getting the wort down to fermentation temp was a little tough. I did manage to get it into the 70's though with a lot of work. I decided this way okay to pitch because although our days have been warm our nights have been cool enough to think that the temp would help bring the ambient air down a bit. That and some frozen PET bottles, a frozen towel over the primary that is sitting in a nice cold water bath with a fan on it and I should be okay. Well, it actually got pretty cold in my house so I'm thinking I may have shocked the yeast and they may all have fallen. I pitched the beer late Saturday night and its now Monday and I have yet to see even a spec of life out of the yeast. I've check the fermenter and can't find any sign of a leak. The pressure in the airlock still looks balanced as well. So, I'm wondering if its possible that the cold night killed or shocked the yeast to the point where they all fell out before they even got going?
Having said that, the outside air never got below the mid 50's and the air in the house was in the 60's the whole time. the bath water was also in the low 60's at its coldest so who knows.
Just give it more time, its getting close to the 48 hr mark, has anybody ever had to go longer than that to see activity before?