goosehunter75
Active Member
This past Saturday I brewed a Midnight Marzen recipe using the Wyeast German Ale 1007. I just checked and still do not have any visible activity (it has been 50 hours). I am using a blow off tube, because I read that 1007 is a very vigorous, active yeast strain. The smack pack never swelled the way I thought it should (this was the first time I had used one). I tried activing it about 4 hours before pitching. When the yeast package was opened, one of the nutirent packages was still intact. It looked like another had burst, but perhaps this was just extra material and not a 2nd nutrient package. Could liquid yeast be this slow to start if the nutrient package was not broken correctly? My only other worry was when everything was shipped it was extremely hot outside. I was not home to pick up the package, but my wife said when she got it the ice pack had melted and everything was warm. The package did have to spend the night in the post office. I have a package of Safale 05 and was wondering if I should go ahead and pitch new yeast or hold off another day? Currently, the thermometer on the fermentor is reading 66 degrees. Normally, during active fermentation I am around 72. Heres a link to the recipe if that helps. http://brewersconnection.com/recipes/MidnightMarzale.htm