rurounikitsune
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I'm making a Wit today (if this pans out) but the 1 pint/1 cup DME starter I threw together yesterday is not panning out the way I expected. I'm using WLP400.
The starter is extremely sweet. When I put it into the hydrometer tube to see if the yeast had done anything with it, it was so heavily carbonated that I couldn't get a good reading. Lots of bubbles and it foamed up really badly coming out of the turkey baster.
The carbonation makes me think the yeast are up to something...
The flocculation, lack of krausen, sweet taste, high gravity, and the fact that the HBS I ordered from does not pack their yeast in anything cold and it was over 90 degrees the two days it was being shipped, make me think the yeast have probably kicked it.
But... it's carbonated...
Is there anyone who can tell me what is up?
The starter is extremely sweet. When I put it into the hydrometer tube to see if the yeast had done anything with it, it was so heavily carbonated that I couldn't get a good reading. Lots of bubbles and it foamed up really badly coming out of the turkey baster.
The carbonation makes me think the yeast are up to something...
The flocculation, lack of krausen, sweet taste, high gravity, and the fact that the HBS I ordered from does not pack their yeast in anything cold and it was over 90 degrees the two days it was being shipped, make me think the yeast have probably kicked it.
But... it's carbonated...
Is there anyone who can tell me what is up?