heywolfie1015
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First off, I'll totally admit that this is my first starter, so I might be overreacting.
Yesterday morning, I took my smack pack out of the fridge, fully meaning to activate it before I left for work. Totally forgot about it and only realized my mistake halfway through the day. Had my wife smack it around 3 PM after it had been out at room temp for about 8 hours.
Hoping I didn't do any damage, I came home at 9 PM and noticed it hadn't ballooned up that much; only a little. Boiled my starter and cooled it, and then pitched the yeast when the mini-wort was around 90-95F.
This morning, I checked and there wasn't really any indication that anything was going on in there. The double bubble airlock had all the liquid pushed into the chamber closer to the blowoff hole, so I took that as a good sign, but otherwise nothing.
Yeast is Wyeast Belgian Abbey and it's my first time using it. I guess I have two questions. First, was the fact that the smack pack hadn't ballooned up a bad sign? Second, did I pitch too hot and kill my yeasties? What should I be looking for here?
Thanks!
Yesterday morning, I took my smack pack out of the fridge, fully meaning to activate it before I left for work. Totally forgot about it and only realized my mistake halfway through the day. Had my wife smack it around 3 PM after it had been out at room temp for about 8 hours.
Hoping I didn't do any damage, I came home at 9 PM and noticed it hadn't ballooned up that much; only a little. Boiled my starter and cooled it, and then pitched the yeast when the mini-wort was around 90-95F.
This morning, I checked and there wasn't really any indication that anything was going on in there. The double bubble airlock had all the liquid pushed into the chamber closer to the blowoff hole, so I took that as a good sign, but otherwise nothing.
Yeast is Wyeast Belgian Abbey and it's my first time using it. I guess I have two questions. First, was the fact that the smack pack hadn't ballooned up a bad sign? Second, did I pitch too hot and kill my yeasties? What should I be looking for here?
Thanks!