Gtrman13
Well-Known Member
It's brew day, and I'm using liquid yeast for the first time. Specifically Wyeast 2565 Kolsch in the activator pouch. The directions say to smack the pouch, shake, and wait three hours. Well, I did that, and two hours later the pouch had not swollen one bit. So I figured I didn't smack it hard enough to break the inner pouch. So I repeated. I couldn't feel any inner pouch when I checked so I figured it worked. But now I'm in the middle of my brew and it's been 3 hours since I tried to activate the yeast and no swelling yet. Any thoughts on what this means?