48 hours and no activity...repitch? - Page 2

max4677 · 10-24-2007, 02:53 PM

After 36 hours I would consider an addition. I did that recently with a Mild I made using Wyeast Thames Valley. The pack didn't swell a whole lot and was very slow to start bubbling (one of my cats is addicted to watching bubblers so I know when they aren't doing much!), so I got another pack and let it swell and tossed it in.

I read somewhere (maybe Wyeast's site) that after sitting for 48 hours you should consider reboiling, just in case of infection.

drunkatuw · 10-25-2007, 03:14 PM

I repitched a second packet of nottingham yeast on Tuesday night. As soon as I put it in and swirled the carboy a little to get the yeast wet (don't worry, no splashing) about an 1/8" of krausen started to form.

The krausen stayed at about 1/8" of an inch for 24 hours, but there was activity in the airlock. I noticed that my basement dropped from the mid 60's to 61 degrees yesterday (MN winter is rapidly approaching), so I put one of my wife's old sweaters (it was in the goodwill pile) around the carboy and opened the heater vent. This morning the room was up to around 65 degrees and there was about an inch of krasen and the airlock was bubbling away.

So I think this brew has been saved.