J187
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I wanted to brew last night - 1.060 American Brown Ale. I didn't have time to make a starter for it, so I picked up a smackpack of 1056, knowing that I already had one in the fridge. I had planned on pitching two packs since I need about 200 billion cells. After I had cooled my wort, I went to the fridge and discovered that one of the packs had leaked out in the fridge, presumably there was a tiny hole from when I activated it. I had only one pack of 1056 to pitch into a 1.060 beer, so I did. I'm working today and won't be back to the beer until about 6:30 pm.
Should I:
1. Pickup a 1056 on the way home and pitch it even though the beer has already been fermenting for 19 hours by the time I do?
2. Leave it and hope the smack pack grows enough yeasties to do the job? One of my first times brewing, before I really knew about starters, I had pitched a 1056 pack into a 1.062 that hit final gravity perfectly and tasted great.
Also, is it common/normal practice to pitch two packets when one doesn't have time for a starter?
Should I:
1. Pickup a 1056 on the way home and pitch it even though the beer has already been fermenting for 19 hours by the time I do?
2. Leave it and hope the smack pack grows enough yeasties to do the job? One of my first times brewing, before I really knew about starters, I had pitched a 1056 pack into a 1.062 that hit final gravity perfectly and tasted great.
Also, is it common/normal practice to pitch two packets when one doesn't have time for a starter?