Starter foamed over, add yeast?

[zach1288]

My starter foamed over last night and I lost some good yeast. It's an english top cropping strain so a lot of the good yeast was pushed out the top.

Should I just buy another smack pack and pitch it with the starter? Would that be considered over pitching?

Thanks,
Zach

 

[kh54s10]

It is unlikely that you lost enough to be of concern unless you lost a good amount of the liquid volume. If anything do another round of starter wort. No need to buy any more yeast.

 

[zach1288]

It is unlikely that you lost enough to be of concern unless you lost a good amount of the liquid volume. If anything do another round of starter wort. No need to buy any more yeast.

What I lost was thick yeasty stuff. Not just liquid/foam.

I need to pitch today, I don't have time to make another starter.

 

[j1n]

pitch it.

 

[kh54s10]

Again unless you started with something like a liter and now have 1/2 or less in the flask, I would say that your starter is good.

You could add some wort and let it run until pitching time. It may increase cell counts a little, and will feed the yeast and have them ready to go.

 

[LLBeanJ]

I've had that happen a few times. I know I lost a decent amount of yeast each time it happened, but I just pitched what I had and called it good. As far as I can tell, the beer turned out fine. Just pitch what you have left and RDWHAHB.