What do I do now???

[Ronster]

Last weekend I started a batch of Raspberry Weisen and he reciept called for adding the berries to the wort when the boil was finished and letting them steep for 15 minutes. I wanted to add them to the 2ndary and let it really get to the beer instead so I held off for the time being.

I had good action the first 24 hours, but now I got nothing. I thought about adding the raspberries early to see if the sugar will stir up the yeast, what do you guys think? Will I need to repitch a new yeast if I go this route? I've had no action for almost 48 hours.

 

[SkewedBrewing]

RDWHAHB...

Wait another day or so and check the gravity. If it hasn't changed enough then try shaking it, raising the temp or repitching, but chances are you had a really vigorous fermentation and now the yeast are moving on to other tasks.

I've had so many beers ferment within the first 2 days and they turned out great.

However, a gravity reading will be the best way to figure it.

PS, I always add fruit to the secondary, sounds like a good plan to me.

 

[Ronster]

Thanks for the vote of confidence. I need to head to the LHB store, I broke my hydomoter on brewing day (dropped it in the sink)...

For what its worth, I am using the WB-06 yeast.

 

[Shooter]

Yep, just let it ride. I haven't been doing this long, but learned very quickly that apparent fermentation, via airlock activity, meant nothing and many of my beers seemed to have settled after only a couple of days, but I just left them in the fermenter and walked away for at least three weeks. So far, they've all been quaffable at their worst and delicious at their best.