no fermenting action

hmmmmm.... interesting. If I use Notingham again maybe I'll do that.

it had never been that slow for me when i used it the first couple times. i didn't hydrate with that high a temp though either.

well what I read was to hydrate the yeast in 4 oz of 80 - 90 degree water for about 15 min & then add a little wort to the hydration slowly to keep it from shocking them. I did all of that to what the directions said.

Just an update....
I went downstairs to check it out & the airlock is bubbling! Yippee! I guess it really is a slow working yeast! (I just didn't think it would be that slow) So I must have done something right. I guess I'll wait it out & see what happens!

i know notigham says not to hydrate it, do it anyway in the future. 80 degrees seems a bit high to me! i am sure others know better, but i think you should try to get your temp down into the 70's before pitching. i am sure it is specific to each yeast just really getting into that though. tyler, jeff, randi or the Mikes could probably help better at this point.

like tyler i failed to get the lid on good once the beer still fermented and tasted great! after 4 days no bubles i checked it was working, and as soon as i sealed the lid, about 15 min and bubbles began.

for the record i would repitch!

I was right at about 80 degrees. Since the yeast directions said to wake them up in 80 - 90 degree water I figured i should have the wort about the same so I don't shock them little buggers

do you know the temp of the wort when pitched? just wondering..jeff

I never checked it w/ a hydrometer but I took a look inside & there wasn't anything stuck on the sides or anything. Thanks for the info, I'll check it with a hydrometer & if it's still high gravity & if so then, I'll throw in some S-04.

Are you 100% sure that it didn't ferment? I had a batch that I thought just didn't ferment. I watched the airlock over the course of 5-ish days and didn't see a single bubble. I went to take my lid off my plastic fermenter and the lid came off really easily. I checked the gravity and, sure enough, the gravity was fairly low and almost to my projected finishing gravity. I realized that I just didn't have the lid down all the way so the CO2 went out the unsealed lid instead of the airlock.

I left it in in the fermentor a week to let it finish up fermenting and bottled it shortly thereafter. It was tasty as hell if I remember correctly.

I'd suggest checking the gravity to see if it didn't ferment or you just didn't see the signs of it fermenting. If it's still completely unfermented you could rehydrate a package of S-04 and throw it in.

I made an ale on the 19th. I used Nottingham for the 1st time. I thought I followed the yeast directions correctly but there is still no fementing happening. My OG was @ 1.054 which I think should be fine. What shud I do? pitch another pack? maybe just pitch some S-04? I know Nottingham can be a little slow but also been reading that there are a lot of dead packs as well.