Milky Yeast - No Head

[scottish69]

Hi all,

Just doing a brewferm grand cru, made up my yeast in half a cup of water (no sugar or anything), but even 15 minutes later theres no head on the yeast. I pitched it anyway, kind of milky when i did. Its the standard yeast that came with the kit, ive also added some yeast vit to the brew to help things along.

Does the yeast sound like its ok? NOrmally i thought you get a small bit of froth on it before pitching?

Ive got a back up Brewferm Blanche packet of yeast just in case....

Cheers guys!
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[kenny850]

Hi Scot, i wouldn,t have thought 15mins is long enough to tell whether a yeast is viable or not-however as you have already pitched you should see signs of fermentation within 24hrs as long as the ambient temp. is in the 18/25 degree range

[scottish69]

I'll have a look tomorrow night and see if theres a head on it.

I'll report back.

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[scottish69]

Well i checked the gravity of my beer after the first 24 hours of ferment - its gone down from 1072 to 1050... so im guessing this means the yeast is ok. Theres a decent head and the remnants of what looks like even more vigorous fermentation up the sides of the vessel.

So this should be ok then?!

[JayBee]

Relax, its working. Yeast doesnt have to start foaming to mean its okay, some do ,some don`t.