Ok, I'm in a pinch now. I've got a 10 gallon batch of American Amber mashing right now and I could have sworn I had two packets of dry US-05 in the fridge. No dice.
So, I have 1 cup of slurry (after pouring off the beer on top) that I harvested out of the primary on my Blonde batch 8 days ago. It was in primary for 3 weeks and then in a mason jar in the fridge since I harvested. What are the odds this will work out on a 10 gallon batch of 1.058 beer without making a starter? Doh!!! I already have a bad feeling. I've got some S-04 and Nottingham but I was really hoping to stay american on it.
I've also got refrigerated slurry from WLP001 but it's been in the fridge for 4 months.
What should I do?
Maybe I can proof it by taking a bit of first runnings and boiling it on the stove for 10 minutes, cooling, then introducing about a cup of it into the mason jar. How long would it take to bubble? I guess this would tell me if I should pitch some dry stuff or not.
So, I have 1 cup of slurry (after pouring off the beer on top) that I harvested out of the primary on my Blonde batch 8 days ago. It was in primary for 3 weeks and then in a mason jar in the fridge since I harvested. What are the odds this will work out on a 10 gallon batch of 1.058 beer without making a starter? Doh!!! I already have a bad feeling. I've got some S-04 and Nottingham but I was really hoping to stay american on it.
I've also got refrigerated slurry from WLP001 but it's been in the fridge for 4 months.
What should I do?
Maybe I can proof it by taking a bit of first runnings and boiling it on the stove for 10 minutes, cooling, then introducing about a cup of it into the mason jar. How long would it take to bubble? I guess this would tell me if I should pitch some dry stuff or not.