CraptainWirtz
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I bought a pack of WY1469 West Yorkshire yeast that was more than 6 months old, hoping I could revive it in a starter. Bad idea. The starter never seemed to start fermenting ("never" meaning overnight in this case) so I gave up and went back to my LHBS for new yeast. But I figured why waste it if I can coddle it back to life, so I poured it into a sanitized nalgene (smelled great as I poured it) but it hasn't cleared after more than 48 hours in the fridge. I can see a layer of yeast at the bottom, but there's a lot of "billowy" sediment floating around throughout the bottle. Is this mostly yeast carcasses? Is it worth decanting and pitching into another starter? What would you guys do? If folks think it will take more than a couple steps to grow a pitchable quantity, I probably won't bother. I'll attach a pic but I'm not sure it'll be so helpful or convincing; the bottle is kind of dark.
Any thoughts? Thanks.
Any thoughts? Thanks.