A little worried about my starters

DeadYetiBrew · 04-20-2007, 06:33 AM

I'm going to be brewing 2 porters, same recipe, 2 different yeasts however.

My starter recipe was 1 cup DME to 2 cups water for each.
Yeasts 1028 and 1318

The 1318 seemed to ferment pretty well in my room, my room stays around 70*F. and the other started a little bit. I swirl em up every so often and noticed that one got lighter (1318) and the other stayed pretty dark (1028). I did see them both bubble for a while. I made them Tuesday night and saw them bubbling Wed. however today (thurs) i noticed that my room was sitting at 76 degrees and neither we bubbling, 1318 had been forming a yeast cake an 1028 had a very miniscule one.
1028's maximum temperature is 72* and 1318 is 74*. What i am wondering is if they will still be pitchable after sitting at 76* for most of the day?

Not to worry i'm relaxing and drinking a homebrew right now, but just wondering if maybe i should pick up an extra couple pouches of yeast?

**DeathBrewer** · 04-20-2007, 06:55 AM

i'm not a grand expert at this, but my starters have always gone strong after 24 hours and calmed down a bit after 48 hours. i think you're supposed to use them (optimally) within 48 hours, too, but no matter what you got a good bunch of yeast that multiplied in there.

i'd say you're good, but if you're worried, this is another one of those times you want to keep a few back ups of dry yeast in the fridge cuz they last forever, wake up quickly and are good if you catch yourself in a bind. don't bother spending the money on liquid yeast for these guys, i think you're fine.

good experiment, btw. i love seeing how different yeasts truly affect the flavor of the brew. they'll be two completely different beers.

DeadYetiBrew · 04-20-2007, 07:24 AM

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Originally Posted by DeathBrewer

i'm not a grand expert at this, but my starters have always gone strong after 24 hours and calmed down a bit after 48 hours. i think you're supposed to use them (optimally) within 48 hours, too, but no matter what you got a good bunch of yeast that multiplied in there.

i'd say you're good, but if you're worried, this is another one of those times you want to keep a few back ups of dry yeast in the fridge cuz they last forever, wake up quickly and are good if you catch yourself in a bind. don't bother spending the money on liquid yeast for these guys, i think you're fine.

good experiment, btw. i love seeing how different yeasts truly affect the flavor of the brew. they'll be two completely different beers.

I just wanted to hear it from someone else... I got part of a pack of Muntons in the fridge it was just opened not to long ago so should be good... i'm not worried about the one at all because it has a yeast cake but the other is a little disconcerting... Eh well I'll be fine... thanks