I brewed a brewer's best red ale kit on Sunday morning. This morning there is still no activity in the fermenter. The kit had dry nottingham yeast. I rehydrated the yeast and pitched around 74 degrees.
I know my LHBS (where I bought the kit) doesn't get a lot of traffic, so the kit could be pretty old. Should I give it another day or should I stop by and pick up another packet of yeast at the LHBS on the way home from work today?
Sounds like a deader, it happens with off the shelf kits. Still, give it 72 hours.
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I'd go ahead an get another packet of Nottingham and throw it in. If the packet you added didn't take off by now, I doubt it will. The $2 for an extra packet would be worth my peace of mind.
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Originally Posted by duffman2
I dub this beer the Double Slutty Triple Nutty Bodacious Booty Brunette!
I'd normally say wait but I've never had nottingham take more than 12hrs.
This is my 3rd time using nottingham (first time in a brewer's best kit, both time prior it has been from AHBS) and I've always had activity within 4-5 hours. I guess the $2 is worth my sanity. First thing I do when I get home from work and when I wake up is go check the beer hoping to see some activity.
This is my 3rd time using nottingham (first time in a brewer's best kit, both time prior it has been from AHBS) and I've always had activity within 4-5 hours. I guess the $2 is worth my sanity. First thing I do when I get home from work and when I wake up is go check the beer hoping to see some activity.
48 hours and no activity...repitch?
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