OK, so I made a Diamond Knot IPA kit from Homebrew Heaven on Sunday. My brother bought it for me at Christmas and I just now finally got around to making it. I've had the kit in my garage, but it hasn't seen extreme conditions. The yeast (Nottingham dry) had an expiration date of 5/2009.

So, long story short...

Sunday I make the kit and pitch the yeast into my plastic pail primary
Monday morning I check it and it's bubbling at a rate of about 1 per second
Tuesday - bubbles are at a rate of 2-3 seconds per blub
Wednesday - decrease to 6-7 seconds per blub

I haven't made many batches so I consider myself a bit of a noob. Should I consider getting a new packet of yeast and putting it in the primary, or should I consider putting it in the secondary or should I just do nothing?

Thanks for any help or advice!

Sounds like its right on track!! It will slow after a couple days of good fermintation. The amounts sound normal. Nottingham is a great yeast too.
Good luck & keep us updated!!

+1! Everything sounds like its going swimmingly. Just keep your beer within the right temperature range, and the yeast will take care of the rest.

Cheers
Dave

Cool, thanks guys. Last time I made beer I used a different airlock (the S-bend one) and it was bubbling like crazy. I switched to a three piece airlock for this one.

I'll post another question on secondary fermentation in a while.

All beers and wine for that matter ferment differently. My first batch was a porter which bubbled so vigorously that it came out of the airlock and made a huge mess. Later I made the mistake of adding another yeast packet to a batch of pale ale which I thought wasn't fermenting because the fermentation was so light. Anyway, like the guys said, your beer seems to be doing A-OK. It's going to be awesome once you start drinking it. Keep us posted