When a Great Efficiency Rating isn't a Good thing

When you Do a Week Long Yeast starter for a Lager with a planned OG of 1.060. When Mr. Malty calls for a 5.50 liter Starter with 2 Vials of Yeast. I only did 1 vial of yeast, but I refed my starter. Well, I wound up with an OG of 1.066 and an Eff rating of around 84%. WOOOOOPSIE. YAAY!!! No wait, SHAT!!! Off to the LHBS tomorrow for 2 more vials of WLP800 (1 for each carboy). Lookis like my little experiment with the slower Sparging rate paid off.

Why off for another 2 vials? For 0.006 increase in OG? Maybe someone with more experience will weigh in and tell me I'm wrong, but I wouldn't bother and go ahead and pitch what you have and call it good.

broadbill said:

Why off for another 2 vials? For 0.006 increase in OG? Maybe someone with more experience will weigh in and tell me I'm wrong, but I wouldn't bother and go ahead and pitch what you have and call it good.

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I'd think the same, but I'd like to hear what others think.

Pitch it in, it will be fine.

broadbill said:

Why off for another 2 vials? For 0.006 increase in OG? Maybe someone with more experience will weigh in and tell me I'm wrong, but I wouldn't bother and go ahead and pitch what you have and call it good.

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Yeah, the way the OP was talking, I figured he was expecting 1.060 and landed in 1.080+ territory. .006 more? Pitch it and forget it.

Went to the LHBS, and they are out of WLP800. So, looks like I am going to let it sit. Funny though. So sign of activity as of yet. Then again, I haven't brewed a lager in about 10 years, soooooo. I hope to see some sort of life by tomorrow evening, the latest.

YAAAAY!!! Fermentation. Took a while, but it's going on. Noticed something starting to happen yesterday evening. This evening I am cooling the water bath that the Carboy's are sitting in from 56 degrees on down to 50 With Frozen Gallons of Water.