Nottingham Dry Yeast. 2 packs??

[Blackhawk13]

hey guys. Long time member but first post. I just brewed an IPA. OG was 1.05 (5 gallon batch). Not sure why I did this but thought I’d give it a try. I pitched 2 11 gram packs of Nottingham dry yeast directly into the wort. It started fermentation within a couple hours. So my question is. Did I use too much yeast or ami I good????
Thanks in advance for any responses.

 

[sonic7173]

Personally, when I pitch dry yeast, I will only pitch one 11g packet up to ~1.060 range. Anything much above that would get two.

 

[GoeHaarden]

I agree. You only needed one, but you will be fine. I feel like its pretty hard to over pitch in the homebrew world as I tend to normally without any ill effects.

FWIW, just brew a ~1.050 beer with a mason jar of Nottingham slurry (saved from a previous batch) with a 2L starter. I'm sure there were more cells than two packets, and the beer is great.

 

[rhys333]

As others say, you did over-pitch, but it won't cause any harm.

@GoeHaarden - I just brewed 6 gallons of 1.055 saison using 3726 slurry. I just poured 200ml of it directly from the mason jar and I'm expecting it'll be popping away by dinner time tonight.

 

[myndflyte]

The worst thing you did was waste a packet of yeast. I think you have to really make an effort to overpitch enough that'll actually negatively affect the beer.

 

[GoeHaarden]

I just brewed 6 gallons of 1.055 saison using 3726 slurry. I just poured 200ml of it directly from the mason jar and I'm expecting it'll be popping away by dinner time tonight.

Yeah, slurries usually explode fast for me. I do starters for jars that are starting to age a bit. Probably overkill, but I have my non-scientific reasons.

 

[dmtaylor]

You did alright, but could have used just 1/2 pack and would have been fine too.

 

[WiscBrewer]

Just offering a different point of view. If you use a calculator like Mr. Malty, or the one on Brewer's Friend, they'll indicate you use two packs for a 1.050 wort. Will one work? Yes, but dry yeast is pretty inexpensive. I routinely use 2 packs of ale yeast at 1.050 and above.

 

[WiscBrewer]

My mistake...Mr. Malty indicates 1 pack, Brewer's Friend...2.

 

[dmtaylor]

MrMalty is well known to be overly conservative. I use it as a tool to understand the ballpark... but then I cut his result in half for realism.

 

[Blackhawk13]

Awesome information. Thanks It seems like I’ll be fine. Not too worried about the yeast pack. Just wanted to make sure the beer would be okay.