quizmastermikey
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I harvested some pacman yeast from the bottom of my primary when I was transferring a few weeks ago. I made a starter with this harvested yeast the other day and it smells sour.
I read some other posts on here that people have experienced sour and grapefruit type smells with this particular strain. Since it looked healthy I didn't bother to smell it before brewing. Once I was ready to pitch I noticed the smell and I had no other options (shoulda had some dry backups in the fridge). Also, the home brew shops are all closed tomorrow so I couldn't risk leaving wort in a fermenter for 2 days. I swirled up the starter and pitched away.
I know time will tell whether I had a bad starter but in the meantime I wanted to hop on here and see if anyone else has experienced these types of smells with this yeast strain or any other starters.
I read some other posts on here that people have experienced sour and grapefruit type smells with this particular strain. Since it looked healthy I didn't bother to smell it before brewing. Once I was ready to pitch I noticed the smell and I had no other options (shoulda had some dry backups in the fridge). Also, the home brew shops are all closed tomorrow so I couldn't risk leaving wort in a fermenter for 2 days. I swirled up the starter and pitched away.
I know time will tell whether I had a bad starter but in the meantime I wanted to hop on here and see if anyone else has experienced these types of smells with this yeast strain or any other starters.