No Activity in air lock

[scheeps]

On Sunday my son in law and I made a winter spice beer. We followed the recipe called Christmas in a bottle. After transferring to fermenter (wide mouth bubbler, with stopper and airlock) and airating we pitched 3 smack packs of wyeast and placed it in the temp. controlled refrigerator we have been using for the past year, set at 68 degrees. It is now Tuesday and there has been no airlock activity, no krausen, nothing, just looks like a big jar of dark brown water. Should i be concerned that we did something wrong.

Christmas in a Bottle
(5 gallons/19 L, all-grain)

On a cold winter's night, build a fire and pour a glass of this beer to make a memorable beer moment.

OG = 1.090 (21.6 °P)
FG = 1.022 (5.6 °P)
IBU = 43 SRM = 20 ABV = 9.0%

Ingredients
17.5 lb. (8 kg) Crisp Maris Otter or British-style pale ale malt (3 °L)
11 oz. (312 g) Briess crystal malt (80 °L)
3.5 oz. (99 g) Briess black patent malt (525 °L)
10.4 AAU Horizon hops (60 min.) (0.8 oz/23 g of 13% alpha acids)
1⁄2 tsp. Cinnamon (ground, dry), (1 min.)
1⁄4 tsp. Ginger (ground, dry), (1 min.)
1⁄8 tsp. Nutmeg (ground, dry), (1 min.)
1⁄8 tsp. Allspice (ground, dry), (1 min.)
0.5 lb. (227 g) Lyle's Black Treacle (100 °L) (optional)
White Labs WLP013 (London Ale), Wyeast 1028 (London Ale) or Danstar Nottingham yeast.

 

[porterpounder]

It appears that you did everything you need to do. Give it a swirl and see if it release some CO2. If it does, it may just be starting slow with that high gravity. If it sucks the airlock liquid backward, then try adding more yeast and/or make sure your fridge thermometer is accurate.

 

[FloppyKnockers]

Assuming the recipe and details were Ctrl C/V'd, what was your OG? Have you taken a gravity reading since?

London ale yeast can be a slow starter and is not very aggressive at all, but not this not aggressive.

 

[Fenix26]

I had a slight crack in my lid that was hardly visible once.. I had no bubbler activity but my readings were good and I finished the process per the recipe and the beer turned out great. Might not be anything wrong with the beer. Good luck!