Yeast gets pitched at this point... I made a starter for this particular yeast.
I always blast my wort with some pure oxygen (welding cylinder) through a carbonation stone. 45 seconds to a minute will do. This is like giving the yeast an energy burst.
Pitching yeast and blasting with oxygen video:
Finishing up with the airlock:
This picture is after the yeast has been pitched and fermentation is just beginning.
18 hours since I pitched the yeast, we are humming along:
~32 hours into my Cali Common fermentation video:
About 52 hours out and this thing is done. Krausen fell, and the bubbling is slow.
About 72 hours out now, barely a bubble coming through the airlock. I took a sample with my thief, and brown ale is brown? Check. How about the gravity?
1.008. This baby is fermented out! I still left it in primary for a week, then racked to secondary for a second week.
