Waiting for fermentation

I've heard of it taking 24 to 36 hours before showing activity. Give it

Wild

Your temp (if I did my conversion to F is correct) should be ok at approx. 74 degrees F. I usually cool to 70 degrees F, but a couple of degrees one way or the other won't kill it.

Couple of questions:

2) did you thoroughly sanitize (not sterilize) and rinse everything with boiling hot water before using?

4) dry or liquid yeast? with or without a starter?

Making sure you have well oxygenated the wort, and preparing a yeast starter, I have found, really help to promote vigorous fermentation. Without a starter, I've found dry yeast may take a little longer to get going.

I was obviously way too impatient - I'm a bit of a newbie with this brewing lark.

I posted after 12 hours. Now we're 24 hours in and everything has sprung magically to life!

I guess atleast this thread might be of use to other panickers....

I've been through the same quandry - probably everyone has - and decided to 'just let it sit' - well, a week later, that bitch was bubbling so hard I was worried about it blowing out the trap water ! :-)

Do make sure you don't have any air leaks in the container, or you won't get to watch the yeasts fart :-)

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