[COHO] Big brew update #4

[GaryWirt]

Jerry & all:
As of 4:00pm today your brew is producing at least one bubble per
second...which is what about what the others are doing.  I think it's going
to be fine.

I did nothing to it...except give it a small kiss on the side. :) I will
monitor progress since it will probably become more active within the next
couple of days...we have only had one blow off so far, which is enough.  

>From this experience, it would appear that not all children conceived
tomorrow will be born on the same day.

The big blow-off tubes produce a deep, big, "fart" about every 10 seconds
through their quart jar air locks while the smaller bubblers whistle at me
more or less continuously.  Together, they sound much like an orchestra of
tubas and flutes...changing rapidly between Mozart and Stravinsky.

Gary 


      

-----Original Message-----
From: coho-bounces at lists.bendtel.net [mailto:coho-bounces at lists.bendtel.net]
On Behalf Of ryan gibson
Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2008 1:55 PM
To: coho at lists.bendtel.net
Subject: Re: [COHO] Big brew update #3

No worries Jerry. This was/is a team effort. You can't get that many
people together and not have something go amiss. If that's the worst of
it, we're doing good I think!


"Relax, don't worry. Have a homebrew." Charlie P. :)

-R

> when I added the yeast I did not shake it enough, I
> still had a bit of slurry in the growler when I rinsed
> it out, It was kinda dark out so I couldn't see inside
> the growler at that time. It should slowly take off,
> sorry my bad Jerry
> --- brett thomas <floppingoscar101 at msn.com> wrote:
>
>> I doubt there's too much wild yeast blowing around
>> Gary's basement in the middle of winter.  I'd say if
>> it's fermenting to leave it alone.  We'll find out
>> in a couple of weeks if it's rancid or not.  The
>> more we mess around with it though, the more we
>> could introduce some amount of infection to the
>> beer.  keep in mind that some of these beers were
>> starting around 1.090, and higher, thusly it's
>> typical, though not ideal, for slow start.  Just my
>> $.02...
>>
>> BT
>>   ----- Original Message -----
>>   From: ryan
>> gibson<mailto:ryan_gibson77 at webformixair.com>
>>   To:
>>
> coho at lists.bendtel.net<mailto:coho at lists.bendtel.net>
>>
>>   Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2008 11:43 AM
>>   Subject: Re: [COHO] Big brew update #3
>>
>>
>>   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.
>>   >
>>   >
>>   >
>>   > 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.
>>   >
>>   >
>>   >
>>   > All containers are now bubbling, temperature
>> remains at 65F.
>>   >
>>   >
>>   >
>>   > Gary
>>
>>
>>   -Ryan (:
>>
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