Hi Folks,
After combing the contents of the "OMG Did I ruin my batch" I believe I have an issue that wasn't clearly addressed there.
For my first batch of homebrew I am using a Williams Brewing Belgian Wit 5-gallon extract kit. It arrived with a Wyeast 3787 High Gravity smack pack that I duly broke the nutrient pack in and let sit for several hours while making the wort and then chilling it. I noticed that the pack didn't expand at all really so after getting the wort down to about 68-70 degrees I seal it up and left the yeast pack to expand a bit over night. The next morning it hadn't really expanded at all, but I pitched it, sealed the fermenter and gave the fermenter a few shakes/swirls.
I saw no airlock activity at all yesterday and took a peak inside the fermenter (24 hours after pitching) this morning. There was no sign of activity at all, certainly not the krausen this strain is reputed to produce. My question is, if there is no activity when I return home tonight (35-36 hours after pitching) should I pitch a packet of Safale s-05 ale yeast that I have on hand for a planned batch, or should I just keep the wort as cool as possible and run to my homebrew store tomorrow and pick up a yeast strain that is similar to the one that failed and immediately use that (would be approximately 68-70 hours after pitching). I don't like being that person that needlessly worried but would be pretty disappointing to just toss my first batch of homebrew. Thank you for any insight and I look forward to contributing to this community.
After combing the contents of the "OMG Did I ruin my batch" I believe I have an issue that wasn't clearly addressed there.
For my first batch of homebrew I am using a Williams Brewing Belgian Wit 5-gallon extract kit. It arrived with a Wyeast 3787 High Gravity smack pack that I duly broke the nutrient pack in and let sit for several hours while making the wort and then chilling it. I noticed that the pack didn't expand at all really so after getting the wort down to about 68-70 degrees I seal it up and left the yeast pack to expand a bit over night. The next morning it hadn't really expanded at all, but I pitched it, sealed the fermenter and gave the fermenter a few shakes/swirls.
I saw no airlock activity at all yesterday and took a peak inside the fermenter (24 hours after pitching) this morning. There was no sign of activity at all, certainly not the krausen this strain is reputed to produce. My question is, if there is no activity when I return home tonight (35-36 hours after pitching) should I pitch a packet of Safale s-05 ale yeast that I have on hand for a planned batch, or should I just keep the wort as cool as possible and run to my homebrew store tomorrow and pick up a yeast strain that is similar to the one that failed and immediately use that (would be approximately 68-70 hours after pitching). I don't like being that person that needlessly worried but would be pretty disappointing to just toss my first batch of homebrew. Thank you for any insight and I look forward to contributing to this community.