UrineDrinker
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As a beginner, this is my first yeast starter, but from what I have read, it will improve the taste of the beer, so I decided to not be lazy and put one together for my first attempt at a partial mash.
On Thursday night, I boiled 1 cup of LME with 7 cups of water for ten minutes, funneled it into a 1/2 gallon carboy, pitched the yeast, gave the carboy a good shake, cheered on the yeast, and went to bed.
The next morning, I was pleased to see the airlock bubbling once every two seconds. Then, I came home from work, and airlock activity had stopped.
I took a gravity reading 1.080 prior to pitching.
I'm confused, because the posts I have read about problems with yeast starters are mostly about delayed yeast activity. I seemed to have a lot of early yeast activity followed by nothing.
Is everything OK in there? Is this starter OK to pitch? Did I not cheer hard enough for the yeast? Should I take another gravity reading?
On Thursday night, I boiled 1 cup of LME with 7 cups of water for ten minutes, funneled it into a 1/2 gallon carboy, pitched the yeast, gave the carboy a good shake, cheered on the yeast, and went to bed.
The next morning, I was pleased to see the airlock bubbling once every two seconds. Then, I came home from work, and airlock activity had stopped.
I took a gravity reading 1.080 prior to pitching.
I'm confused, because the posts I have read about problems with yeast starters are mostly about delayed yeast activity. I seemed to have a lot of early yeast activity followed by nothing.
Is everything OK in there? Is this starter OK to pitch? Did I not cheer hard enough for the yeast? Should I take another gravity reading?