Please help!! No fermentation W/ Nottingham

[Rover]

I finished my first AG brew yesterday (BM's Centennial Blond). I used Nottingham, and come to find out it's a bad lot# No fermentation in over 36 hours.
I have two options:
1. Pitch a Hefe Yeast that I'm going to bottle tomorrow or Sunday. (Funky Hefe flavor in my blond)
2. Start a 2L starter of WLP007 and pitch most of it tomorrow night and continue to grow enough to pitch in my porter that I plan on brewing on Tue.
My freezer is set at 65 F

I do have a 3rd option RDWHAHB. And see what happens.

I'm heading out to get some water for my starter.
Thanks for your help!

 

[Pilgarlic]

There's very little risk in waiting.

 

[Rover]

Thanks, Stirplate fan just went out. Guess I'll be pitching Hefe yeast.

 

[OHIOSTEVE]

I'd wait longer before I did anything.

 

[MajorTom]

What is the lot number on that Notty? My last few batches of Notty have all been taking off like crazy. The one I used yesterday was 1080961099V. And I think it is the one I have been getting for a while now.

 

[wyzazz]

I'm going to echo the "just wait" responses. Unless you're not confident in your sanitation, then there's no risk in waiting a bit. You could always pick up another dry packet of Notty or US-05 to pitch in a few days.

 

[Brewdouche-RuBrew]

Plan on getting more Notty, and wait.

I hate to rub this in but if you had a couple of quart jars of washed yeast in the fridge you wouldnt have this prob.

wait
wait

Do you have anything else thats needs racked you could put it on a yeast cake.

 

[jeffmeh]

Certainly wait for 72 hours before re-pitching. Queue the Revvy....

 

[Rover]

What is the lot number on that Notty? My last few batches of Notty have all been taking off like crazy. The one I used yesterday was 1080961099V. And I think it is the one I have been getting for a while now.

That's the lot # I pitched. Is the one you pitched yesterday going?

 

[Rover]

I'm going to echo the "just wait" responses. Unless you're not confident in your sanitation, then there's no risk in waiting a bit. You could always pick up another dry packet of Notty or US-05 to pitch in a few days.

I'm very confident in my sanitation. The problem is I have no LHBS around.

 

[Rover]

Plan on getting more Notty, and wait.

I hate to rub this in but if you had a couple of quart jars of washed yeast in the fridge you wouldnt have this prob.

wait
wait

Do you have anything else thats needs racked you could put it on a yeast cake.

Yeah, yeah,
Thanks I'm learning as I go as I'm still a noob. I do have a Hefe that I'm going to bottle today or tomorrow but I don't want that flavor in the beer I just made.

I have a question.

I plan on brewing a porter with WPL007 next week. Mrmalty says I should be using a 1.4L starter with the batch that I'm having trouble with the Notty. Could I make a 2L starter with it and pitch 1.4L of it and make a new starter with the .6L that's left? That way I could brew both batches with one vile.

 

[Brewdouche-RuBrew]

Yes. Always obey JZ.

Just do it in 2 steps, and keep the .6L clean.

 

[Rover]

By two steps do you mean to do it as I described, or do I need to add another step?

 

[MajorTom]

That's the lot # I pitched. Is the one you pitched yesterday going?

Yes, it took off over night. Pitched in the afternoon and had a small krausen the next morning when I got up. I did rehydrate, not sure if that made the difference or not.

 

[Krelja]

The last 2 times I've pitched Notty it has taken almost 3 days to take off. I wasn't to happy about it and they both had a wierd smell to them. I was thinking I had a bad lot, I have 1 more packet left but I think it's goin in the garbage.

 

[SteveM]

There's an ongoing discussion about Nottingham on the yeast forum - bottom line, it's not what it once was. I used to use it exclusively but have not taken a chance on it in a year or so. They've run into packaging problems. I've been using Safale since. I'll go back to it eventually because I like the beers it made, but not until I hear it's fixed.