Saison - no airlock activity

[purewhitesnow]

Hi guys,

Would like to get some thoughts on this please.
Am brewing a Mangrove Jacks Belgian Saison kit and I am 60 hours since pitching the yeast, just a bit concerned as there is no airlock activity.
I was under the impression that with a Saison you tend to get a lot of activity in the first few days but it all seems a bit quiet.
There is some krausen and air bubbles on the underside of the lid so am not overly worried but this is the first time I have done a brew and not seen any airlock activity within the first 48 hours.
The only difference this time is I re-hydrated the yeast in 250 ml water (23C temp) for 30 mins before pitching - could this be the reason?
All seems fine with the FV - I have checked the seal and it all seems nice and tight. Temp in the FV has been a constant 23C since Sunday night.
Am thinking maybe just leave it for about a week and then take a hydrometer reading?
Any thoughts/advice would be welcome
Cheers

 

[dave_77]

Is the seal on the Fermenter air tight..one of my buckets has a poor seal and the air lock never shows activity. If you have Krausen I'm sure all is fine.

 

[dave_77]

Sorry just seen your comment about the seal..all the same my bucket that I mentioned seems right but still seems to leak.

 

[Covrich]

I have had this plenty of times before sometimes they just do not keep it air tight.. if it has a Krausen like dave says its going so leave it and check it in a week..

 

[Clint]

Yeah..leaky lid probably. I got 4 fv buckets and only one seals properly evert time. The others I can get to seal if I carefully go round the lid making sure it's all snapped into place.

 

[purewhitesnow]

Thanks guys, really appreciate your comments

 

[Twopan]

Had the same issue with my Festival Belgian dubbel. No airlock activity. Pushed hard on the lid progressively all the way round until I heard the click. They can be very tight to get on and off. Within an hour of snapping the lid on properly the airlock was going nuts!