Hi all, I've been reading for a while and now have my first question...
While I was in town today running some errands I decided to swing by the brew store since I was getting low on sanitizer. I came out with a Brewers Best Kolsch kit and a vial of WLP029. Now here is where my problem is. I was under the assumption ( yes I'm new, only 4 brews so far) that I could pitch the vial of yeast directly to the wort. While doing a little research today I see it is recommended to make a starter. The vial directions say you can do a direct pitch if the the OG is under 1.070, the target OG of this Kolsch kit is 1.044 - 1.050.
So, if you were me and lived one hour away from the brew store and have no extra extract lying around to use for a starter, what would you do? I can always wait a couple of weeks to start it until we get back to town, or is it possible to do a direct pitch? I would really like to get it going, but I don't want to ruin it either. Advice?
While I was in town today running some errands I decided to swing by the brew store since I was getting low on sanitizer. I came out with a Brewers Best Kolsch kit and a vial of WLP029. Now here is where my problem is. I was under the assumption ( yes I'm new, only 4 brews so far) that I could pitch the vial of yeast directly to the wort. While doing a little research today I see it is recommended to make a starter. The vial directions say you can do a direct pitch if the the OG is under 1.070, the target OG of this Kolsch kit is 1.044 - 1.050.
So, if you were me and lived one hour away from the brew store and have no extra extract lying around to use for a starter, what would you do? I can always wait a couple of weeks to start it until we get back to town, or is it possible to do a direct pitch? I would really like to get it going, but I don't want to ruin it either. Advice?