JimmyXR6T04 Member 1,299 Member For: 19y 6m 23d Location: Canberra Posted 03/07/06 06:39 AM Share Posted 03/07/06 06:39 AM well, on thursday of last week I decided I was gonna make a brew. I hadn't made one in ages, and figured I'd get back into it. Anyways, I got my brew etc, and followed all the instructions as usual. The guy in the brew shop gave me a lager yeast so that it could ferment at lower temps then normal. Anyways, after going through all the process, the temp was at about 18-19 degrees, I decided to put in the yeast. Then let the temp drop to the recommended 10-15 deg mark. Anyways, its now monday afternoon and the fermenter has been sitting at 12deg constant since friday.. problem is, it hasn't even started to ferment yet I did a bit of research, and some people seem to think you need to sachets of yeast for the lager type beers... I'm going to try warm the room up a bit and see if it starts.. any help or advice would be great!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XRSICKT Member 1,032 Member For: 21y 8m 28d Gender: Male Location: Sydney Posted 03/07/06 07:34 AM Share Posted 03/07/06 07:34 AM Never done beer before, but I make bread which uses yeast as well (natural yeast) and the temperatures is so low it takes for ever to rise and ferment, soni'm guessing you have the same problem, put up the temp in the room like I do and cross your fingers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimmyXR6T04 Member 1,299 Member For: 19y 6m 23d Location: Canberra Posted 03/07/06 07:51 AM Author Share Posted 03/07/06 07:51 AM cheers mate.. yeah that's what I figured too.. although this yeast is "supposed" to ferment at lower temps.. I've heated the room and its pushing closer to 15 degrees now.. I'll heat it a bit more over night and see how it goes. Hopefully it'll be ok..I'd hate to see 22 odd litres of beer go down the drain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EZ2CME Formerly XR6NA Member 3,512 Member For: 19y 1m 13d Gender: Male Location: Brisbane Posted 03/07/06 08:07 AM Share Posted 03/07/06 08:07 AM Me and my brother went to a place on the weekend to put a brew on. We just mixed the stuff together like they told us too and they do the rest. They just told us to come back in 3 weeks to bottle it all up. If I remember correctly they leave it at 18 degrees. So not sure it might take a while. But it is so much cheaper to brew your own bear. For $140 we got 6 cartons of Lowen Brau which is normally $60 a carton in the bottle shop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimmyXR6T04 Member 1,299 Member For: 19y 6m 23d Location: Canberra Posted 03/07/06 08:15 AM Author Share Posted 03/07/06 08:15 AM my last brew started fermenting the next afternoon.. and was finished in about 4 days.. bottled and left for 3 weeks and was great but this time I am using a different yeast, as my last brew was in summer and the temp was a constant 25. If its not fermenting by tomorrow once I increase the temp. I'm gonna ring the brew guy and ask what could be the problem... And yeah, its sooo much cheaper. For about $20, you basically end up with 2 cases and some of the brews I've made previously have been tops. I actually prefer it to the factory stuff! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G6ET8U Playing with Sports Bikes... Silver Donating Members 1,927 Member For: 19y 2m 14d Gender: Male Location: Whistling, GTX. Posted 03/07/06 08:20 AM Share Posted 03/07/06 08:20 AM ..I'd hate to see 22 odd litres of beer go down the drain I'll second that... Is it hard to home brew? It sounds like fun... and god knows, I love my beer!!Jack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DBOSS Faster than any BTA,XTC,Autotech, Nizpro and Tunehouse car Member 3,918 Member For: 21y 6m 21d Location: D SHIRE! Posted 03/07/06 08:22 AM Share Posted 03/07/06 08:22 AM ..I'd hate to see 22 odd litres of beer go down the drain that's were home brew belongs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimmyXR6T04 Member 1,299 Member For: 19y 6m 23d Location: Canberra Posted 03/07/06 08:24 AM Author Share Posted 03/07/06 08:24 AM ..I'd hate to see 22 odd litres of beer go down the drain that's were home brew belongs ←only when it goes wrong had that happen before.. straight down the bath tub Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimmyXR6T04 Member 1,299 Member For: 19y 6m 23d Location: Canberra Posted 03/07/06 08:27 AM Author Share Posted 03/07/06 08:27 AM Jack, its not hard to brew.. cost is roughly $100 for the kit.. and you could probably source it cheaper. its a simple matter of making sure everything you use is clean and sterilized, and then mixing the brew mixture with some boiling water, and mix the rest with cold water, add the yeast, and wait a few days.. bottle her up with some sugar, and in 4 weeks or so you have lotsa beer to drink although my current brew doesn't seem to wanna agree with my above statement Theres lots more you can do too, like add extra hops, malt etc etc. You can even increase the potency of your poison... which can some times be a bad thing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G6ET8U Playing with Sports Bikes... Silver Donating Members 1,927 Member For: 19y 2m 14d Gender: Male Location: Whistling, GTX. Posted 03/07/06 08:29 AM Share Posted 03/07/06 08:29 AM Nice... I'll look in to it I think... I have a home brew shop near my house, might go and investigate More beer is never a bad thing... and I need a hobby anyway Jack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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