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colliefish · Oct 24, 2015

Hi guys.
Yesterday I made a coopers stout with a can of dark malt extract and 200g of chocolate malt that I steeped and boiled.
Instead of using the stock coopers yeast I used an 11g pack of Nottingham.
It's been 24 hours and absolutely no action.
How long should I give it before deciding the yeast is no good and pitching the coopers yeast.
Never had a yeast fail before.
Cheers.

Bramble · Oct 24, 2015

I wouldn't give up on the Nottingham just yet.
I'm no expert and there are those on here more knowledgeable than I would, I reckon, say the same. I personally would give it another 36 hours and if no joy, this is assuming the wart is at 21c then pitch more yeast...

colliefish · Oct 24, 2015

Cheers bramble.

ManseMasher · Oct 24, 2015

What temperature is it at, and what quantity are you brewing?

TheRedDarren · Oct 24, 2015

Also, what was the pitching temperature?

Slid · Oct 24, 2015

Coopers yeast is usually fairly quick to start and finish the initial rush of fermentation.

A different yeast might well seem slow. As the others suggest, unless you killed it by pitching at a very high temp, it should be OK.

colliefish · Oct 24, 2015

Pitched at 21 and in brew fridge at 20.
Brewed to 23 litres
I did this brew for a friend 6 weeks ago and his went off like a rocket.
Only difference is this time I added the Nottingham instead of the coopers enclosed yeast.

MyQul · Oct 24, 2015

Notty doesn't give much of a krausen and it's possible you might hav missed it. Have you taken a gravity sample to see if there's been any movement?

colliefish · Oct 25, 2015

Havnt done a gravity reading as its only been 36 hours as at 8 am on this sunny Sunday morning :-)

TheRedDarren · Oct 25, 2015

If you were to make a gravity reading you could then tell if it's underway. Some yeast don't show much activity. I use WLP005 quite a lot, the first time I thought nothing had happened for about 4 days so I took a reading and it had almost finished.

MyQul · Oct 25, 2015

TheRedDarren said:
If you were to make a gravity reading you could then tell if it's underway. Some yeast don't show much activity. I use WLP005 quite a lot, the first time I thought nothing had happened for about 4 days so I took a reading and it had almost finished.

This is exactly what I meant

colliefish · Oct 25, 2015

Checked it this afternoon. Small head on it now. So guess it's started.
Thanks for your help guys.

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