Is a starter necessary? - Page 3

**Yooper** · 10-19-2008, 11:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Pelikan

The yeast was actually extremely fresh, the born on date was something like a week ago. Regardless, it's too late for me to do a starter culture, the deed has been done. Did I screw the pooch on this one? It's only been 12 hours and I have constant bubbling from the airlock (first saw activity at about 4 hours, first notable bubbles at 8), but I don't know if that's necessarily an indicator of A-Okay status.

No, it's ok. Sometimes it works just fine. That's just the way it is with liquid yeast. Even the manufacturer's websites will tell you that "pitchable" doesn't mean optimal cell counts. If it's fermenting, then you have no worries.

Pelikan · 10-20-2008, 12:11 AM

Thanks for allying my fears, YooperBrew, and also for the valuable advice. I have my eye on a starter kit from Northern Brew that I'll most likely be using next time around. I suppose I was lucky this time to have gotten an über-fresh packet of yeast, with potentially a higher than average count.

**Saccharomyces** · 10-20-2008, 02:32 PM

Nice post Bob! Getting linked to my sig...

Bob · 10-20-2008, 04:12 PM

WooT! I can haz cheezburger?

ChefBrew · 10-22-2008, 04:48 AM

My starter that I made for my Belgian Trappist is 2 days old now. I am not ready to brew, so I threw it the fridge. Is it going to be okay in there?

By the way, I used a 1 litre PET bottle to make my starter. I drilled a hole through the top, corked it with a faucet grommet (looks like a stopper, but much smaller and red) and put my air-lock in. Pretty cool idea, I thought, for those Mr. Beer bottles that I've only used once.