JimCook
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I need some help with my batch of JAO. I followed the simple instructions to set everything up and after the 1-gallon carboy felt room temperature, I tossed in a teaspoon of bread yeast that I had just purchased at a grocery store. However, very little action seems to be happening - while Joe's recipe notes that activity could start immediately to several hours later, I didn't seem to have much going on after the whole evening. At the 24 hour mark, I placed one of my carboy heaters under the carboy to make sure that it wasn't too cool. After getting slightly jostled, most of the yeast seemed to have fallen below the oranges. I waited five more hours to see if there was any obvious results and I didn't see any, so I sprinkled a little more yeast on top, in case it's a top-fermenting yeast. As of this morning, I still don't see much action. There is a slight foam along the top line of liquid in the carboy, but it's not bubbling and going crazy. Only infrequently does the airlock bubble.
Fearing that the carboy didn't have enough funk in it, I have placed Bootsie Collins' albums on the stereo in the same room to try and induce soul-stirring activity in the yeasties.
Does anyone have any suggestions? Is it possible I just got a bad Fleischmann's bread yeast pack (it is not bread machine or rapid-rise yeast - just standard active dry)?
Thanks,
- JimEdited by: JimCook
Fearing that the carboy didn't have enough funk in it, I have placed Bootsie Collins' albums on the stereo in the same room to try and induce soul-stirring activity in the yeasties.
Does anyone have any suggestions? Is it possible I just got a bad Fleischmann's bread yeast pack (it is not bread machine or rapid-rise yeast - just standard active dry)?
Thanks,
- JimEdited by: JimCook