Slow Kit?

[dynomax]

I put on a batch of Brewmaker 1.6KG kit can of Shire Mild. Added 500g malt extract and 700g corn sugar. Pitched the yeast at about 24 degrees C, and its sitting at about 23 degrees C now.

Its been 24hours, and no activity, and the surface looks inactive.

Usually my kits start cooking within 12 hours no more.

I suppose i shouldnt worry? or do Ales generally take longer to start fermenting??

I typically brew lagers and pilsners.

[YamahaXS]

if you dont see some action in the next 24 hours you should go ahead and repitch new yeast. make sure you follow the instructions, it will help your ferment take off quicker.

I imagine you will see some action tommorrow morning.

[b3s]

since i typically forget to make a starter, i find that it takes 24-48 hours to get any activity. i'd give it a good swirling and wait a day, then if nothing is going on, re-pitch...also, check for leaks in your blowoff. the last time i used a blowoff tube i had a gap where the tube and bung met. if you are using an airlock, then no worries on that i'd imagine.

[dynomax]

well, i popped the top, no activity at all. so i gave it a real good stirring. I'll wait till tomorrow night, if its not cooking by then, i'll throw some coopers yeast in.

[paul84043]

When I don't do a starter and don't use White Labs liquid yeast (the only other type I will get is Wyeast) my lag times have been in excess of 15 to 20 hours before any signs of activity at all.
I found that a bit higher temp helps things kick off, as close to 75 as you can get.
I have started cooling my wort off to 80F instead of 75 to keep things a bit warmer initially, that seems to have cut down on my lag times a little.

[dynomax]

Yeah, mines at 24-25 degrees C (75-77 degrees F)
The kit again is a Brewmaker Shire Mild 1.6KG can, with 500g malt extract powder, and 700g corn sugar.

I pitched some new yeast today around 5 hours ago. I popped the top now, and the surface looks all smooth, and no activitiy

Also, the yeast seems to have fallen to the bottom (which i know is good, because i just fermented the previous kit with the same yeast -- coopers dry yeast).

I dont have a lot of experience of what it looks like within the first stages of fermentation, but i would have figured there'd be signs of activity on the beer surface, or at least signs of the newly pitched yeast.

This is the first kit i've ever worried about.

[paul84043]

The initial signs of fermentation are tinu groups of bubbles on the surface.
Don't worry, Your yeast will kick off, you just have to wait from step one again.
I'd keep it closed up tight for another day and see what happens.
I have had a couple that I began to wonder about, but they all took off eventually.