I am a rookie brewer and I think my yeast was either expired or fell out of the acceptable temperature range. From what I have read it looks like i can repitch the yeast within 7 days of brewing. I am using dry yeast SafBrew WB-06. Any insight as to the best way to approach this? I am aware of rehydrating the yeast but wasn’t sure if that is needed and/or acceptable given that I will be repitching. Many thanks in advance!
Can’t comment too much about your plan but I’m not sure that yeast would be the best choice for Easy Street.
EDIT- Have you taken a hydrometer reading? If it didn’t ferment well you could always throw another packet of yeast in.
Are you saying that you pitched a packet of dry yeast and didn’t see any activity? You may have missed it. Why don’t you take a hydrometer reading and see if anything happened before you add more.
Thanks for the replies. Yes, I am going to take a reading today to see where I’m at. I never had a ton of bubbling activity but there was some. Since today is day 5 after brewing I’ll see if there has been a decent shift from my OG. I’ll post my readings here to see if I am on track.
Wow, I stand corrected. My specific gravity reading was within the acceptable range so I guess I did miss it. I really don’t know how as an anxious first time brew I was keeping an eye on it pretty closely. While I did hear gurbling and see some bubbling, I was expecting this massive show that blew my mind. I highly doubt any gas was escaping my bucket as it is sealed on 4 sides. Could it just be the strain of grain that might not have a high amount of activity? Either way, this is super exciting!
Don’t trust an airlock. You could have a lid leaking and the CO2 escaped unnoticed through the lid leak as the “path of least resistance”. Brew On!