Justintoxicated
Well-Known Member
This is going to be my first brew, but I think I messed up my yeast starter.
I boiled 900 ml water with 1/2 cup of Light DME.
Cooled it in my sink, then pitched the yeast at around 77-79 (Room temp was 77).
I didn't see any activity, and it has been nearly 48 hours. I'm gone for work around 10-13 hour a day for the last couple days so I guess I could have missed the activity?
I don't know what to do tomorrow now. I contacted Austin home brew and they offered to send me another vial of white labs yeast, but that means putting off my brew until next weekend or later.
Is there a way to tell is my starter is Viable? Maybe I missed the fermentation? I shook the crap out of it when I got home as per my friends suggestion. Should I pitch it tomorrow anyways and see what happens?
If I get another vial I don't think I will make a starter as it seems too risky. I pitched a packet of dry yeast into my appfelwein carboy at the same time and it's fermenting like crazy, and my friend has never had bad white labs yeast and pitches directly from the vial, so now I'm super skeptical on the whole starter thing.
I boiled 900 ml water with 1/2 cup of Light DME.
Cooled it in my sink, then pitched the yeast at around 77-79 (Room temp was 77).
I didn't see any activity, and it has been nearly 48 hours. I'm gone for work around 10-13 hour a day for the last couple days so I guess I could have missed the activity?
I don't know what to do tomorrow now. I contacted Austin home brew and they offered to send me another vial of white labs yeast, but that means putting off my brew until next weekend or later.
Is there a way to tell is my starter is Viable? Maybe I missed the fermentation? I shook the crap out of it when I got home as per my friends suggestion. Should I pitch it tomorrow anyways and see what happens?
If I get another vial I don't think I will make a starter as it seems too risky. I pitched a packet of dry yeast into my appfelwein carboy at the same time and it's fermenting like crazy, and my friend has never had bad white labs yeast and pitches directly from the vial, so now I'm super skeptical on the whole starter thing.