i screwed up????

[Sgraham4]

welp. i just finished brewing my Sunrise Blonde....pitch the yeast out of a wyeast smack pack....and oh no!!  the little activator didn't "deploy"   will this stress the yeast!?  any tips on what i can do.  its too late for me to go to the homebrew shop...i could go in the morning and get more yeast?

[hobgoblin]

I think it will still be ok,just a BIGGER ACTIVATOR than pland.  I always keep a few dry pack in frige for just such times,and they are cheep.  give it a good pep talk..

[hobgoblin]

well gram,did it take off? or did ya throw down with some new yeasties??

[Ogre]

Give that puppy 72 hours, my friend, before you add more yeast.  As long as it's not a belgian style yeast you should be okay.  Yes it will stress the yeast but you should be fine.  Any off-flavors that develop will fade.  Allow the beer to sit on the primary yeast cake for awhile.  3 weeks from the day it starts to ferment.  That should be plenty of time for the yeast to clean up after itself if there's any cleaning to do.

[Sgraham4]

its movin along fine....just took it longer to get goin 

[Ogre]

Good times!  Glad to hear it.  Nothing worse than sitting around for a couple of days getting anxious about why your brew hasn't started fermenting. 

[Gridiron Brewer]

'Relax. Don't worry. Have a homebrew.'

Works every time.