Just a quick question. (Time is a factor!)

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When making the starter for my Saison yeast, I already started to heat the water/DME before i realized I hadn't smacked my smack pack yet, and it was still in the fridge.

Should I:
A) Turn off the heat and cover the pot for a few hours until the smack pack gets a chance to do it's thing.
B) Say $%@* it and proceed with making my starter, ignoring giving the smack pack a chance to start?

Since it's a starter, I guess I'm leaning towards B, but I figured I'd ask around here just in case. This will be my first all-grain batch and I want everything to be perfect!

 

[Rick500]

You don't have to smack the smack pack. But I would break open the small inner pack of nutrient and put it into the starter with the yeast.

 

[beerthirty]

Take the smack pack out of the fridge to warm up and make your starter. by the time the starter has cooled down you can add the smack pack. It will all turn out RDWHAHB

 

[Coastarine]

When making a starter, I smack it when I get started if I remember. If not then the nutrient pack and the yeast all go in the flask together. No harm done.

 

[size]

thanks much fellas!