Dry Yeast problem

smmcdermott said:

So I brewed a NB nut brown ale today and had Notty yeast that I tried to rehydrate. After boiling water, I cooled to 90 degrees and pitched yeast into it. Well the yeast didn't mix with the water like it usually did, all the granuals were still there. I know a lot of people have had problems with this yeast so instead of taking a chance I rehydrated a backup US -05 that I have.

Just curious what was up with the Notty that I had. Thanks.

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jmo88 said:

This is what the bad Notty looks like when it is proofed. This happened to me, only I didn't rehydrate it. I just sprinkled it in the fermentor. Luckily I had a backup pack of US-05. I've learned my lesson since then to always rehydrate dry yeast and simply avoid Notty.

If you read the Notty recall threads, you'll find that the Notty not mixing into solution was unable to ferment or had extremely long lag times and lackluster fermentations.

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jmo88 said:

This is what the bad Notty looks like when it is proofed. This happened to me, only I didn't rehydrate it. I just sprinkled it in the fermentor. Luckily I had a backup pack of US-05. I've learned my lesson since then to always rehydrate dry yeast and simply avoid Notty.

If you read the Notty recall threads, you'll find that the Notty not mixing into solution was unable to ferment or had extremely long lag times and lackluster fermentations.

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