Hi All,
I'm preparing to brew a Belgian Pale on Monday (1.052) so I was getting my starter ready tonight (WLP 550). I noticed when I got home from the LHBS that it had a "best by" date on it of 8/11/2011, which according to Mr. Malty means it was manufactured back in April and is at 40% viability. The recommendation was to make roughly a 3 liter starter, but I only have a 2000ml flask, so I figured I would do my best and make roughly a 2000ml starter (with a stir plate). When I opened the vial to pitch the yeast, apparently there was some pressure inside the vial and maybe a third of the liquid spewed out all over the counter, so I only got maybe 2/3 of the vial pitched.
What would you guys recommend I do at this point:
1) Go back and get another vial in the morning and pitch that into the starter as well.
2) Get another vial and pitch that into the fermenter along with the starter
3) Just let it ride
Thanks for any thoughts on this.
Brett
I'm preparing to brew a Belgian Pale on Monday (1.052) so I was getting my starter ready tonight (WLP 550). I noticed when I got home from the LHBS that it had a "best by" date on it of 8/11/2011, which according to Mr. Malty means it was manufactured back in April and is at 40% viability. The recommendation was to make roughly a 3 liter starter, but I only have a 2000ml flask, so I figured I would do my best and make roughly a 2000ml starter (with a stir plate). When I opened the vial to pitch the yeast, apparently there was some pressure inside the vial and maybe a third of the liquid spewed out all over the counter, so I only got maybe 2/3 of the vial pitched.
What would you guys recommend I do at this point:
1) Go back and get another vial in the morning and pitch that into the starter as well.
2) Get another vial and pitch that into the fermenter along with the starter
3) Just let it ride
Thanks for any thoughts on this.
Brett