[brewtime_chris]

I am still very new to brewing, but I have made a few extract brews.  My question might be something simple, but some help would be appreciated.  I have a 1 gallon test batch in primary, but it seems that fermentation is kind of slow when I compare it to other batches that I used a dry yeast.  I used WYEAST 3056 and the temp has held at around 69.  What could cause the slow fermentation or is this to be expected?  Like I said, I am still learning and very new so any help or explaination would be helpful.  This is the first time I have used a yeast in a liquid form.

Thank you

[denny]

Explain what you mean by "slow fermentation".

[brewtime_chris]

Is what I mean is that I put timer on my airlock to see how often it was moving, which was around every 30-45 seconds.  With the few extract batches that I have done I was able to see a rapid and a noticeable fermentation process happening.  I am just not seeing this happen with this 1 gallon batch.

[klickitat jim]

Hmm,  might be the size difference. If one gallon is five bubbles a minute wouldn't five gallons be twenty five?

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[brewtime_chris]

Could it be that I might have to raise the temp a few degrees to around 72 or 73?

[denny]

Is what I mean is that I put timer on my airlock to see how often it was moving, which was around every 30-45 seconds.  With the few extract batches that I have done I was able to see a rapid and a noticeable fermentation process happening.  I am just not seeing this happen with this 1 gallon batch.

First of all, airlock bubbles aren't really a good indicator.  Second, there's no reason one fermentation should look like a totally different one.  Thirdly, this is a one gal. batch.  There's not much food there for the yeast.  It's entirely possible that you missed the bulk of fermentation and it's just winding down.

[brewtime_chris]

Thank you very much for your time and response, now I am a little more at ease.

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[denny]

Thank you very much for your time and response, now I am a little more at ease.

Happy Times and Good Brews

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[reverseapachemaster]

If you pitched the whole pouch of liquid yeast in a one gallon batch then you definitely pitched more than enough yeast and the bulk of fermentation occurred within a few hours. Those pouches are designed to be pitched into a larger batch of beer and/or used in conjunction with a starter.

The great news for you is that you're going to have a gallon of great beer ready in a few weeks and that gallon batch has a great amount of fresh yeast that you can repitch in a larger batch.