[COHO] Big brew update #3

[ryan gibson]

Gary,

It is possible that the bubbling is from wild yeast at this point. This is
what I suggest: Pull the top off of one of the buckets (mine is the one on
the far right) and using a SANITIZED ladle/cup, scoop a healthy amount of
krausen off the top and dump it into the bucket that shows little
activity. Two scoops would probably be better (Rasin Bran ;). Make sure to
sanitize both lids before returning them to the buckets. A small spray
bottle works great for this.

Additionally, If you have some, I'd boil about 1 teaspoon of yeast
nutrient in a half cup water for 1 minute, cover with tin-foil and let
cool Then toss that in at the same time as the fresh yeast in order to get
it up to speed as fast as possible.

-Ryan


> Good news.  As of 9:00am this morning Jerry's brew bucket is bubbling at
> the rate of about 1 bubble every 3 seconds.  I have not added any yeast.
>  Only thing I did was remove the stopper briefly to check the seal and
> replace it. It is possible that the bubbler was not initially completely
> sealed but it seemed OK last evening when I examined it.
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> So, I suspect Brett's description of low initial yeast volume might have
> been the problem.   At this point am not planning on adding yeast unless
> you think otherwise.
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> All containers are now bubbling, temperature remains at 65F.
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> Gary


-Ryan (: