kelly7552
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I'm trying to debug my beer. On Sunday I made a Pilsner Lager and an English IPA (it was my second and third brew). Using extract kits, things proceeded well. When the IPA wort was finished, I pitched a vial of burton ale and set it to ferment. That was 48 hours ago. After about 18 hours I noticed that the top of the wort was like glass, not a bubble in the world. So, yesterday, I bought another vial of white labs burton ale yeast and decided to create a starter. I harvested yeast from my first beer, some california ale yeast, so I created two starter worts, one with fresh california yeast, and one with new Burton Ale yeast. These went into two serile quart mason jars with plastic wrap and rubber bands.
This morning, I had 1/2 an inch of krausen on the california ale, and it was in full yeast swing; however the burton ale yeast is milky colored: it has pushed the saran wrap up like a small balloon, but their is no krausen. Is this good yeast?
I noticed that the expiration dates both 3/16/09 (for the lot that went into the wort and for the lot that went into the starter)
I'd love to pitch something into my IPA so I could get actual beer and not malt sugar.
Thanks,
-Bill
This morning, I had 1/2 an inch of krausen on the california ale, and it was in full yeast swing; however the burton ale yeast is milky colored: it has pushed the saran wrap up like a small balloon, but their is no krausen. Is this good yeast?
I noticed that the expiration dates both 3/16/09 (for the lot that went into the wort and for the lot that went into the starter)
I'd love to pitch something into my IPA so I could get actual beer and not malt sugar.
Thanks,
-Bill