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I use liquid yeast, and I never make starters. If conditions are right you will see evidence of fermentation in about 12 hours with the pitching of 1 vial of white labs yeast. If you save trub so as to reuse yeast, you probably want to pitch a bit more yeast. I usually save a 12 oz jar of...

good question....

The best I have found is White Labs 007, DRY ENGLISH ALE yeast. This stuff really leaves your beer very clean and dry. I would compare this yeast to Pac-man yeast. I haven't done a side by side but they seem to be comparable.

I thought that might be the case. However, when I harvested the yeast I thought the active fermentation was finished. Then I put the yeast immediatly into the fridge at about 40 degrees. I would not have thought that fermentation would continue but it seems that must be what happened....

I wish I had taken a picture, but I thought about it too late. Anyway, here's what happened. I had stored a good pitchable serving of trub from my last batch of stout. It settled out to about 6 ounces in a 12 oz jar. I had taken the trub from the bottom of my primary, and put it straight...

Good luck with that. Just in case you may want to have some alternative yeast ready and waiting to pitch in and save the day...

Don't be afraid to order yeast online. Just check first to see how bad the shipping charge is. I like to order from BrewGadgets (they don't beat you up on shipping). They stock a pretty good selection of both liquid or dry yeast. Cheers

Were both packs of yeast from the same lot?

I use White Labs yeast, and according to "Mr. Malty", I under pitch. I pitch one vial when I should be pitching two. Too much trouble to make a starter. Even so, I usually get good airlock activity in about 24 hours or less.

So the bad yeast issue extends beyond the December 2011 lot...

Any thoughts on how wort temperture when pitching affects lag time? It seems to me that my beer starts much faster if I keep the temp above 70 until I see signs of fermentation. I then try to drop it down to around 68. But If I start below 68 it really slows things down...

Looks like they all have the same supplier. I will keep looking. Thanks anyway.

The latest lot (the one that started this thread was: 1080961099V exp 12.2011) There were also other lots that have reported problems. This lot was recently recalled.

I gotta ask, why are you torturing yourself with this crap yeast. Nottingham has not done anything (that I know of) to correct their quality control problems. You know this from first hand experince. Until they do something to fix their problem, I am not interested in risking a batch of my...

Does anyone out there know where to buy good quality swing top gaskets? I have ordered from a couple of places and I keep getting junk that does not provide a good seal. The poor quality gaskets are not of uniform thickness and are not very smooth, nor do they hold a good tight seal. I still...

Did you have excessive lag times or other indications of less than healthy yeast?

+1

Safale jacked up their prices prior to the Notty recall. I don't know why but I hope it's just supply and demand... This may push more people to go to liquid yeast and then it's likely demand will drop and prices should follow. If prices stay high long enough then a new supply of yeast may be...

You are right. I need to just let it go. :(

I have no problem knocking Austinhomebrew. I really don't like the patronizing attitude of their posts reguarding the people who really have experienced problems with Danstar Nottingham yeast. Telling people that they should contact the manufacturer was also not helpful, since I don't know...