Lawrence Brewers Guild

all

made an ipa yesterday and put it on second generation yeast
that was already in the carboy. put yeast nutrient in, good aeration,
the whole bit. shoulda took off in a few hours, but it didnt go at all.

i have a bad feeling about the yeast nutrient - that perhaps it was mislabeled
and is something else. with the lack of any fermentation, i fear it might be
something that kills any fermentation.

if that is the case, is there anything i can do to save this batch?
any suggestions or opinions on what happened would be greatly appreciated.

barry

what amount of "nutrient" did you put in?

whats the status? I bet its going good by now...

G2G or no???????????????????????????

thanks to all who chimed in with advise, offers of yeast,
and a shoulder to cry on.

i pitches a few packs of dry yeast monday night
(about 30 hours after racking) and found it
bubbling this moring. earlier this eveing it was
rolling along. oh happy day.

still not sure what the deal was.
the mystery "yeast nutrient" was a white granular powder.
i added a half tsp. to the slurry before i racked.
i have since thrown it away, since i didnt know what it was
(other than being labled yeast nutrient) and didnt trust it.

one possibility is the temp. of the yeast
when the wort was racked. the caboy (with yeast) had been out
of the fridge for awhile, but i might have temperture shocked
it when racking 75-80 degree wort on it.

time will tell on the beer, but at least its going.
thanks again.

barry