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I know I am supposed to rdwhahb and I have the hahb part down, but I am really having trouble with the rdw part.
Short version is, fermentation hasn't started...
Long version is, my (electric) thermometer decided to go crazy while prepping my strike h2o and mashing in. The temp. kept jumping around, regardless of how much I stirred. In the end all I can assume was the temp. ended up somewhere between 60C and 70C (target was 66C).
When the boil was over and the wort had cooled I ended up hitting my OG bang-on, but I was still really worried about conversion, so I even did an iodine test (first time in many many years...).
So, everthing was looking good and I pitched 2 satchets of W24/70 (in 26L@14P).
Fast forward 48 hours at 10C and absolutely nothing has happened, airlock dead. :-(
As it is a (for me) new brand of yeast, I figured it might be a dud, so I primed another satchet, seemed to be alive, so dumped that in too...
24 hours later, still no activity.
So, my question....is it possible to hit your OG and pass an iodine test, but still have unfermentable wort!?
Unfortunately I won't be able to check what happens for the next 5 days, and at this point just hoping to return to bubbling when I get back home....but more expecting to return to a dumper. :-(
Short version is, fermentation hasn't started...
Long version is, my (electric) thermometer decided to go crazy while prepping my strike h2o and mashing in. The temp. kept jumping around, regardless of how much I stirred. In the end all I can assume was the temp. ended up somewhere between 60C and 70C (target was 66C).
When the boil was over and the wort had cooled I ended up hitting my OG bang-on, but I was still really worried about conversion, so I even did an iodine test (first time in many many years...).
So, everthing was looking good and I pitched 2 satchets of W24/70 (in 26L@14P).
Fast forward 48 hours at 10C and absolutely nothing has happened, airlock dead. :-(
As it is a (for me) new brand of yeast, I figured it might be a dud, so I primed another satchet, seemed to be alive, so dumped that in too...
24 hours later, still no activity.
So, my question....is it possible to hit your OG and pass an iodine test, but still have unfermentable wort!?
Unfortunately I won't be able to check what happens for the next 5 days, and at this point just hoping to return to bubbling when I get back home....but more expecting to return to a dumper. :-(