As I said I understand your point, but with that big of a beer I think it's done.
Also, do you use what they call a pitchable vial without a starter?
Not trying to mess with you, but I think there is more chance of problems than help with this fix
You think so, but evidently the folks at White Labs aparantly think something different,
or else they wouldn't have suggested it!
And actually I sat down last week with the owner of my local LHBS who just got back from a brewshop owner's conference where he sat down and had a few beers with Chris White...and guess what?
Chris White says you don't need a starter with their pitchible yeast tubes. It surprised my friend and surprised me as well...but again, that is what White was saying...I don't use tube yeast myself, so it doesn't affect me, BUT if I did, I might consider that Chris knows more about it than I do...
But can't you see, that White Labs might actually know more about this that you AND me combined??? The OP didn't get that suggestion from Joe Schmo on the corner, it came from White Labs! I just don't get why everyone's discounting that advice so quickly...Yes it might go against everything we have come to believe,
but it came from the fricken horses mouth!!!
That's what I don't get..so it's out of the box thinking,
but it's out of the box thinking from the very lab that creates, or harvests or whatever the hell they do, with the yeast?
Think of all the "out of the box thinking" that we know use every day, that has pushed this hobby to where it is today...The cooler as mash tun, An Aquarium Pump, O2 bottle, Airstone, the turkey fryer...You betcha the first person that ever suggested he was going to take an airstone, and a hardware store oxygen bottle, and stick the stone in his wort, got jumped on by all the "expert" old timers....
The only difference is this time the suggestion
came from the creators of the yeast, the people who work with it every day.
Let me see...hmmmm, who are these White Labs folks anyway...
Chris White started the lab in 1995 after researching and developing a library of brewers yeast strains from around the world. Chris White received an undergraduate degree in biochemistry from the University of California, Davis, and a Ph.D in biochemistry from U.C. San Diego. Besides his duties at White Labs, Chris is a chemistry and biochemistry lecturer at U.C. San Diego and is a member of the Siebel Institute faculty.
Lisa White holds a B.S. in Cell Biology from the University of California, Davis, and conducted post graduate studies at the University of California, San Diego. Lisa received the American Society of Hematology Scholarship Award in 1995, and conducted research at the Komives Laboratory at U. C. San Diego. Lisa is a member of the American Society for Brewing Chemists and is a member of the Siebel Institute faculty.
Neva Parker Lab Manager, has been with the White Labs family since 2002. She earned her bachelor's degree in microbiology from Gonzaga University in Spokane, WA. She became interested in beer while studying abroad in London when she attended the annual Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) festival. Neva manages laboratory operations and has been responsible for researching and developing new products and services, as well as speaking at several workshops and conferences. She is a member of the American Society of Brewing Chemists and defending AHA homebrew club of the year, the Quality Ale and Fermentation Fraternity (QUAFF). In her spare time, Neva enjoys spending time with her beer enthusiast husband, Glen, and teaching her dog Kylie tricks. Her hobbies include cooking, eating, brewing, organizing, and happy hour.
Hmmm I dunno...I kinda think that if the info came from any of these three people about their product,
then I gotta think they know a little more about this here issue than a lot of us combined. Hell I'm sure that Neva's probably very sexy right pinkey toe knows more about yeast and fermentation than I do...
i'm just sayin
(Honestly, I don't give a care...I just couldn't believe how quick every shut down the idea, because it goes against
common brewing wisdom. Even though it came from White Labs.....Maybe every now and then common brewing wisdoms needs to be let go of to make way for something new.)
