Do higher gravity beers require more yeast to be pitched? Our batch's O.G. was 1.140 (we used about 24 lbs of grain and adjunct for a 5 gal batch). We brewed on Saturday (four days ago) and I still haven't seen any fermentation going on. Since this batch is about twice as concentrated as a normal batch, should I pitch a second bag of yeast? ???
Here is our recipe:
Amount Item Type % or IBU
Jesse
Here is our recipe:
Amount Item Type % or IBU
Code:
10.00 lb Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM) Grain 42.55 %
10.00 lb Pale Malt, Maris Otter (3.0 SRM) Grain 42.55 %
2.00 lb Caramel/Crystal Malt - 60L (60.0 SRM) Grain 8.51 %
0.75 lb Caramunich Malt (56.0 SRM) Grain 3.19 %
0.75 lb Caravienne Malt (22.0 SRM) Grain 3.19 %
1.00 oz Goldings, East Kent [5.00 %] (60 min) Hops 10.0 IBU
0.50 oz Goldings, East Kent [5.00 %] (30 min) Hops 3.9 IBU
0.50 oz Goldings, East Kent [5.00 %] (5 min) Hops 1.0 IBU
3.00 items Used rum barrel oak spirals (Primary 5.0min)
1 Pkgs Scottish Ale (Wyeast Labs #1728) Yeast-Ale
Jesse