Boy am I stupid.. need help asap

Not sure how I managed this other than simply not paying attention.. I brewed a extract columbus IPA kit tonight from www.morebeer.com.. The extract kits always come with a dry yeast so I didnt think much of it. Yep you guessed it, I brewed the kit, went to make a yeast starter and there was no yeast. I have nothing in the house except a 2 gram yeast packet from a mr beer weizenbeer kit. That packet is probably 2+ years old so im not even sure if its still viable?

Would it be ok to go ahead a put on the bung/airlock just to seal it up, and add the yeast tomorrow afternoon when the LHBS opens?


I know... I know... check all ingredients before starting... I goofed, I admit it.
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Seems you have no choice. Seal it up and pitch tomorrow.

JonClayton said:

Would it be ok to go ahead a put on the bung/airlock just to seal it up, and add the yeast tomorrow afternoon when the LHBS opens?


I know... I know... check all ingredients before starting... I goofed, I admit it.
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Do you have a choice?

Obviously the longer the wait the greater chance of infection; however, if you read about the "no chill" method of brewing you'll find that if kept sterile, you can keep wort a long time before pitching.

RDWHAHB

You'll be fine. Just cover the thing up quickly and go to the LHBS like you said. Plenty of people experience lag times over a day and end up with good beer. In the future, try to keep an extra pack or two of yeast around just in case you forget again.

yeah, just make sure everything is sanitized well, seal it up and wait until tomorrow.

+1 on keeping extra packets of yeast around. you should be fine till tomorrow...

Yep no choice... off to LHBS tomorrow.