Julez
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Hi guys,
I brewed an AG batch yesterday which went like clockwork. Smacked my Wyest pack (Whitbread 1099) about two hours before the end of my brew. Didn't swell. Put the fermenter in the fermenting fridge, but thought I'd leave the yeast in the smack pack to see if it would swell. A couple more hours and still nothing. Decided to pitch anyway, in the hope that things might start up with a nice big batch of sweet wort, but 24 hours later and still no airlock action and OG is unchanged. The yeast manufacture date was September 13, and I've never had a problem using smack packs in the past. I've read that some of the English strains can be a bit reluctant to get up and go, so I have roused the yeast a couple of times already in the last 24 hours, but nothing going on. I've got a pack of Safale S-04, I'm wondering if I should be pitching that around now, or is there anything else I can do to get the 1099 to magically get going?
Cheers :icon_cheers:
I brewed an AG batch yesterday which went like clockwork. Smacked my Wyest pack (Whitbread 1099) about two hours before the end of my brew. Didn't swell. Put the fermenter in the fermenting fridge, but thought I'd leave the yeast in the smack pack to see if it would swell. A couple more hours and still nothing. Decided to pitch anyway, in the hope that things might start up with a nice big batch of sweet wort, but 24 hours later and still no airlock action and OG is unchanged. The yeast manufacture date was September 13, and I've never had a problem using smack packs in the past. I've read that some of the English strains can be a bit reluctant to get up and go, so I have roused the yeast a couple of times already in the last 24 hours, but nothing going on. I've got a pack of Safale S-04, I'm wondering if I should be pitching that around now, or is there anything else I can do to get the 1099 to magically get going?
Cheers :icon_cheers: