jb3218
Well-Known Member
The other day I made a Holiday ale with 9 lbs. of malt (LME and DME) among other ingredients. The employee at the store where I buy my supplies said that since I was not going to use a starter and since it was going to be high gravity, I should use 2 vials of WLP 530 instead of 1 vial. I brewed on Fri. and went out of town on Saturday afternoon and came back on Sun. afternoon. The lid on the fermenting bucket was partially off and the airlock was full of wort and/or beer. It was under a controlled temp. of 69 deg. I resealed the bucket and cleaned the airlock and it continued to ferment. Couple of questions. Is this batch still good, could I have got by with 1 vial, or would I have been better off using a starter? Never did a starter before.