my first noob issue - and did i do the right thing

l1ranger said:

brewed an AHS spitfire clone on sunday.
my wyeast pack didnt swell, but no biggie and i pitched it anyways.
last night, still no airlock activity, which was odd b/c my bucket locks up pretty tight, so I checked the gravity and it hadn't budged, almost 100 hours later.
smelled a little rank, but nothing was growing in it, and i figure it was just the smell of 60 something degree wort thats been sitting for four days. I'm leaving tomorrow for a few days, and not trusting anybody else in the house to look after my babies, i rehydrated some Windsor that I had (it was either that or montracet) and pitched it last night and this morning, happy little bubbles...and that smell. im thinking its just hte CO2 pushing that air that was in there out, but we'll see.

I guess we all have a problem at one point or another.

i suppose at this point my question is, what differences can i expect between the wyeast 1084 irish ale yeast that didnt get going, and the windsor that is now going well.

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You either had an old pack, failed to break the inner packet or it was bad. Should have RUN down to your Beer Supply and purchased some new Propagator, warmed it up in your pocket, smacked the pack on the way home and after it swelled a bit, pitched it. You would have beer on the way by now.

We have all been there, no biggie!

Bizoune said:

Can't go wrong with Safale S-05, S-04 or Nottingham.

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