I brewed my first 10 gallon recipe, a high gravity (1.067) IPA. When I chilled the wort, I recirculated into the same vessel and once I hit the right temperature I dumped into two separate 5 gallon fermenting buckets.
In each bucket I pitched one package of dry yeast (Nottingham). Two days later, one of the buckets has blown it's top with crazy activity (first for me) and the other shows no sign of active fermentation.
Can I assume that one package of yeast was a dud? I heard about the Nottingham recall. Can I take some of brew/yeast from the active bucket and dump it in the other to get things going? I don't have any spare yeast to pitch. Should I mix both buckets and then redistribute?
In each bucket I pitched one package of dry yeast (Nottingham). Two days later, one of the buckets has blown it's top with crazy activity (first for me) and the other shows no sign of active fermentation.
Can I assume that one package of yeast was a dud? I heard about the Nottingham recall. Can I take some of brew/yeast from the active bucket and dump it in the other to get things going? I don't have any spare yeast to pitch. Should I mix both buckets and then redistribute?