400d
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ok, I have a yeast starter made from LME (1.050 gravity) + WLP001 (california ale). Pitched the yeast in cooled, but unaerated starter wort. I remembered after 12 hours that I have forgotten to aerate, so I shook the hell out of the bottle while the yeast was in there....
Now it's been 72 hours, the thing looks dead. No activity, no signs of life.
My brew day is getting close, and I have to make a back up plan. First of all, I would be very disappointed if this strain is ruined because I heard it's a very good yeast, and I was looking forward to use it in my nut brown ale.
My question is - how long should I wait until I can be completely sure it will not start?
And of course, I will make a back up starter today just in case, but don't know what yeast to use because I only have dry yeasts (US-05, S-04 and Notthingam)
Thanks
Now it's been 72 hours, the thing looks dead. No activity, no signs of life.
My brew day is getting close, and I have to make a back up plan. First of all, I would be very disappointed if this strain is ruined because I heard it's a very good yeast, and I was looking forward to use it in my nut brown ale.
My question is - how long should I wait until I can be completely sure it will not start?
And of course, I will make a back up starter today just in case, but don't know what yeast to use because I only have dry yeasts (US-05, S-04 and Notthingam)
Thanks