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The little guys are happily and vigorously fermenting now. I'd say it took about 48 hours for them to get going, which was a lot more than I was used to with dry yeast or smack packs. Thanks again for re-assuring me. Next time I will let them "warm up" more before pitching, and/or use a starter.

I lift mine up the night before racking. I think waiting an hour is better than nothing, and what have you got to lose?

Yeah, I thought of that, it is sealed as normal. Thanks to both of you. Will just keep waiting.

cegan- thanks for the reply. the jar was about 3/8 full of yeast plus a couple of inches of beer sitting on top of that. before i pitched I drank the beer off the top using a sanitized straw

I harvested a few mason jars worth of yeast from a previous brew and it has stored in sanitized jars in the fridge for a couple months now. I do not remember the strain, but it was wyeast smack pack and an IPA extract recipe. I do know that it was -not- 1056 strain. Yesterday finally got to...

Thanks yall. I appreciate the math and details, I'm one of those people that likes to understand why. Initially I was confused between mr_e and raysmith, but I get it now. I bottled today, smell was excellent. I'll know in a few weeks. This is my 2nd batch ever, first batch was great, hoping...

Extract recipe told me to top up the fermenter to 5 gallons. I accidentally 5.5 gallons. Didn't really seem like there was anything I could do to "undo" that, so I just pitched yeast and put the airlock on. Fermentation looked good, after 2 weeks I saw no more activity. 16 days I took...