O'Houlihan
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Hello y'all. I'm about to brew a Pumpkin Ale from Midwest. I got an activator smack pack & I was gonna do a starter, I smacked it & thought it was ready, but unfortunately when I opened it the packet inside was not broken (the last one I had didn't expand much so I thought this one was doing the same thing).
So to stay on course, I got my yeast starter ready, but I had a boil over - those things are very volatile!! So, I redid the boil on the yeast starter, adding water & more DME, then let it cool & added my yeast b4 it was actually mixed for 24 hours.
The yeast starter has sat for over 24 hours & there has been very little activity. Very little bubbling in the airlock unless I shake the bottle & it looks like there is burnt "gunk" in the bottom of the bottle.
My problem is I want to brew late Tuesday night, I won't have time to get another "good" liquid yeast shipped to me, but a local place does sell the dry yeast packs. Should I totally scrap this yeast, make a new starter carefully w/ the best supplies available to me (dry yeast packet)? Help!! Your thoughts all?
Thanks again!
So to stay on course, I got my yeast starter ready, but I had a boil over - those things are very volatile!! So, I redid the boil on the yeast starter, adding water & more DME, then let it cool & added my yeast b4 it was actually mixed for 24 hours.
The yeast starter has sat for over 24 hours & there has been very little activity. Very little bubbling in the airlock unless I shake the bottle & it looks like there is burnt "gunk" in the bottom of the bottle.
My problem is I want to brew late Tuesday night, I won't have time to get another "good" liquid yeast shipped to me, but a local place does sell the dry yeast packs. Should I totally scrap this yeast, make a new starter carefully w/ the best supplies available to me (dry yeast packet)? Help!! Your thoughts all?
Thanks again!