Janx

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I find the packs and White Labs vials never smell great or anything when you first open them. Starters always tend to smell/taste fine, though...

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Oh don't give me none more of that Old Janx Spirit
No, don't you give me none more of that Old Janx Spirit
For my head will fly, my tongue will lie, my eyes will fry and I may die
Won't you pour me one more of that sinful Old Janx Spirit

Kaiser

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Walker, your yeast will be fine. If the starter doesn't have a bad smell, pitch it.

There are some concerns, that growing yeast at a higher temp than the intended fermentation temp can shift their metabolism and then they will also produce esters/fusels during regular fermentation temp. But this is more a concern with lager yeast than it is with ale yeast.

This said, I started to propagate my lager yeast between 10C (50F) and 15C(60F). And yes, it took 6 days for me to grow 80 ml yeast sediment from a WYeast smack pack at ~12C.

But until recently,I propagated yeast for lagers at room temperature and I couldn't detect any esters.

Kai

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Walker

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This is the first smakc-pack that I have ever used that didn't smell 100% correct to me. But, then again, I've never used this strain of yeast before either.

I would have never even posted if it weren't for SWMBO... she insisted that I was potentially going to spoil the whole batch and demanded that I ask for opinions here before going ahead with the brew.

-walker

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cweston

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Wow. A wife who *insists* that you spend time with your "internet buddies."

I gotta get me one of those.

Seriously: help a newbie out with SWMBO. It's clear enough from context what the general meaning is, but what does it stand for, exactly?

El Pistolero

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