CellarScience Hazy Yeast Super long lag time

[Hsuan-Tso Shen]

Hi All

This is my first time to use CellarScience Hazy Yeast for my Hazy IPA. Now, it is 48 hours after I pitching the yeast
; However, it is no active still (I use the TILT to monitor the gravity changed).

I always pitch the yeast directly without re-hydrant. This is the first time which I meet the issue.
Should I suppose pitch another pack of Hazy yeast?

The brew information is as follows.
OG: 1.070
Wort in the fermenter : 19L
Pitch: 2 pack of 22g Hazy Yeast

 

[Snuffy]

I have never used Hazy, but I have used Saison and English with good results. At 1.070 you are just getting into the 2 packs territory. At 12g per pack, you should have plenty and it is designed for direct pitch w/o nutrient. Short of radiation or baking, it’s unlikely for dry yeast to be bad out of the packet. As long as you did not pitch when the wort temp was too high or too low, this should more than do the trick. The temp range is 62 - 75F with best expression at the top of the range. Keep it warm and my guess is it will begin working soon. Probably by now.

 

[Snuffy]

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/threads/northeast-style-ipa.568046/page-462#post-10331926

This brewer said it lagged but kicked in after 3 days. Seems to be normal for Hazy.

 

[YeastFeast]

I won't use it again. Ruined my Hazy right before a competition. It does work for some people though so up to you.
See mine and others experiences here: https://www.homebrewtalk.com/threads/northeast-style-ipa.568046/page-469#post-10356404

 

[BongoYodeler]

I haven't tried Hazy, but I have used their English, (once) German, (once), and Cali, (several times). Only Cali seems to start as expected. The other two were pretty slow starters for me.

 

[crazyjake19]

How did you oxygenate your wort?

British/hazy/NEIPA strains tend to have somewhat higher oxygen requirements compared to clean American ale strains. I haven't used that yeast myself, but with A38 or 1318 I had much shorter lag time and better yeast performance with proper oxygenation.

 

[DonT]

I have a hazy fermenting out right now, using Hazy. I pitched it Sunday eve, no rehydrate, no oxygenating, just dumped in one pack. No movement for a day, then by Tuesday after work, it had taken off. OG was 1.061 and last night it was down to 1.017... 3 points to go and no weird off-flavors.

 

[duelerx]

I have a hazy fermenting out right now, using Hazy. I pitched it Sunday eve, no rehydrate, no oxygenating, just dumped in one pack. No movement for a day, then by Tuesday after work, it had taken off. OG was 1.061 and last night it was down to 1.017... 3 points to go and no weird off-flavors.

Did you notice flavor difference compared to Verdant, 1318 or Imperial Juice?

 

[Hsuan-Tso Shen]

Update some information in here!
I pitch another two packs of CellarScience Hazy yeast, and the gravity drop to 1.014 as per the expect gravity.
But, the taste is so bed. So, I pour all of the beer to the toilet.

 

[YeastFeast]

Update some information in here!
I pitch another two packs of CellarScience Hazy yeast, and the gravity drop to 1.014 as per the expect gravity.
But, the taste is so bed. So, I pour all of the beer to the toilet.

I hear ya. Same thing happened to me. I pitched 2 packs (way more than enough), took days to kick off, fermented out but off flavors were through the roof.
Sorry to hear this happened to you. Been there .

 

[DonT]

Did you notice flavor difference compared to Verdant, 1318 or Imperial Juice?

Well, to do that properly, I would have to do a back to back with the only change being the yeast. I didn't do that.... So I can't really answer that. The beer turned out nicely though.