Finally brewed my batch yesterday, it smelled and looked amazing. I didn't actually taste it yet haha. I learned something
very important yesterday, though, that I hadn't even previously considered.
When the time came to pitch the yeast, my friend wanted to do it. He started slowly opening the vial of Edinburgh, and it let out a little "hiss." I didn't think or expect it to be pressurized/carbonated, so I told him to just open it. About 3/4 of the yeast sprayed/spilled out of the vial. I pitched the rest, probably less than 1/4 of the vial. I didn't feel very good about it, though, so I added a spare packed of Safale S-04 (English) to the wort...
Note to self: OPEN YEAST VIALS SLOWLY hahaha.... lesson learned. I'm sure the beer will still turn out good, since fortunately I had an English ale yeast handy. I'll just have to brew it again soon using WLP028 and open it
carefully That way I can see what flavors that yeast gives the beer.