bigears
Well-Known Member
Think I messed this up.....
I proceeeded to make a yeast starter on Saturday. It's a Wyeast 3068 Hefeweizen yeast. This is my first time using a liquid yeast so I followed advice I was given to make the starter with 4 tablespoons of light DME, half a litre of water and the yeast.
I made two mistakes:
When I measured the water in my measuring jug I read the wrong scale and poured in half a pint of water instead of half a litre. I'm guessing this has doubled my OG from approx. 1.045 to 1.090.
Secondly when I snipped the pouch I think I cut too small a corner with the scissors as the yeast started to spray everywhere like a power hose! I managed to get some into the bottle but I'm not sure how much I lost. I put a cork and airlock on the bottle (1 litre glass bottle) and popped it in a warm closet and hoped for the best.
After approx. 36 hours there was still no airlock activity or krausen in the bottle. There was a small sediment at the bottom of the bottle which suggests that the yeast is trying to do it's work but I'm not sure whether too little activity has taken place. There are small 'bubbles' of foam (flat) on the surface of the wort. When I shake the bottle vigorously it grows to about an inch but settles back down again pretty quickly.
Is this worth pitching or should I take some other action such as making a new starter with fresh yeast?
I proceeeded to make a yeast starter on Saturday. It's a Wyeast 3068 Hefeweizen yeast. This is my first time using a liquid yeast so I followed advice I was given to make the starter with 4 tablespoons of light DME, half a litre of water and the yeast.
I made two mistakes:
When I measured the water in my measuring jug I read the wrong scale and poured in half a pint of water instead of half a litre. I'm guessing this has doubled my OG from approx. 1.045 to 1.090.
Secondly when I snipped the pouch I think I cut too small a corner with the scissors as the yeast started to spray everywhere like a power hose! I managed to get some into the bottle but I'm not sure how much I lost. I put a cork and airlock on the bottle (1 litre glass bottle) and popped it in a warm closet and hoped for the best.
After approx. 36 hours there was still no airlock activity or krausen in the bottle. There was a small sediment at the bottom of the bottle which suggests that the yeast is trying to do it's work but I'm not sure whether too little activity has taken place. There are small 'bubbles' of foam (flat) on the surface of the wort. When I shake the bottle vigorously it grows to about an inch but settles back down again pretty quickly.
Is this worth pitching or should I take some other action such as making a new starter with fresh yeast?