No Krausen, No activity, 24hrs....

So, I did my pumkin ale recipe. Followed my same sanitization methods of soaking gear in my sanitizing solution for a few hours while I boil everything. It was a straight forward recipe, chilled with a wort chiller to upper 60's, rehydrated Notty yeast in 80degree water (package said 90, but i felt better with 80) then pitched into wort. SG was at 1.062 before pitching. Everything looked good and went really really well. Well, 24hrs later, I see no krausen or activity in the airlock. I do however see what seems to be yeast rafts floating all over the top. At least I hope that is what they are. I'm fermenting in the temp range of 64-68ish. Any thoughts? I'm letting this go but it's hard to not get anxiety and think something is wrong with the brew. I've never used Nottingham dry yeast before. They typically slow to get started?

 

Still nothing. I don't know what I could have done wrong.

 

I'd give it another day before I worry too much. The last pack of Notty I used was a little slow off the get go. Did you areate the wort good after you pitched? If there is no sign of fermentation you can always give the bucket a swirl to get the yeast back in suspension. Not sure what temp you are fermenting it at, but make sure it is at least around 62.

Hope that helps!

 

Yeah, the fermenting temp is between 64-68. I'll give it until tomorrow afternoon before I worry. Thanks!

 

I dunno. Maybe there is some bad Nottingham yeast out there. I just pitched a pack of Notty Ale yeast on some cider Saturday and I've yet to see any activity. It's dead still in the better bottle. I may have the temp set too low. I've got the fermentor chamber set at 62F. I did an amber ale and pumpkin ale yesterday and they're both going well. I dunno what's up with this batch I cider. It usually kicks off within an hour.

I'm gonna take a reading and repitch tomorrow evening if the OG hasn't changed.

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I used a packet of rehydrated notty in a stout recently and got 45% apparent attenuation (1.064 to 1.034) after it had finished out. Had blasted the wort with O2 and the whole shebang, but this notty just never took off, had to re-pitch with some US-04 to get down to an acceptable FG. Pretty disappointed, hadn't used notty too much in the past.

 

Well, it took almost 48hrs, but I'm finally getting airlock activity. It's going pretty well now. I'm getting about a bubble every second to 2 seconds. So, needless to say, the Notty just needed some time (okay a lot of time) to get going. I'll let you guys know how this pumpkin turns out!

 

Just for the record. I do not think 48 hours at 65 degrees is a lot of time. In fact I would say pretty normal.

 

OK i'm not going to argue with that bad ass cat