I brewed my first beer last night. A one gallon recipe from Northern Brewer. Everything went great and I pitched half of a yeast packet, as instructed. As of this morning the yeast is still sitting atop the liquid in sort of a cake and the center of that cake is still in powder form. Should I be concerned?
Thanks for the response. I gave it a shake this morning which didn't do much. I'll give it better one. I think it happened because I aerated before pitching by swirling the wort aggressively which resulted in a few inches of foam on the top. The yeast landed on the foam and stayed there.
Note: yeast doesn't dissolve. It is a microorganism that gets rehydrated and suspends in wort/beer as it grows, reproduces, and ferments. It's not the first time this has been said, so I'm not picking on an individual. I'm concerned that it's embarrasing for homebrewing community to mistake this important concept.
The yeast will stay suspended in the beer until it has fermented out. After that, depending on the yeast, most of it should drop out and fall to the bottom.
Gotcha. You're right, what I meant was that it wasn't re-hydrating. The good news is that it seems to have mostly resolved. There's just a very small bit of dry yeast still floating around.
