last night i brewed a hefewiezen and realized at the last minute that the smack pack had a date of sept 21 2010, not good. since i had the wort already boiling it was too late to stop that process so i made a starter. according to mr malty that pack has a 10% viability and i would need to pitch 14 of them into my 1.050 wort. ha. anyway, i put the wort into my carboy with an airlock and have to wait until More Beer opens at 10am today to buy more yeast. the starter did not look too vigorous this morning after sitting on the stirplate overnight. is this delay in pitching really bad or just merely not good? had i pitched the old smack pack, underpitching, what could i have expected to get? oh, the airlock might have had some kind of activity last night, maybe O2 coming out of solution? i hope. i did star san the carboy pretty good and there were still a few suds in the bottle when i poured in the wort.
5.5 lb german pils
5 lb wheat flakes
1 oz 5.3% tettnager 60min
.25 oz 5.3% tettnager 15min
5.5 lb german pils
5 lb wheat flakes
1 oz 5.3% tettnager 60min
.25 oz 5.3% tettnager 15min