This bourbon barrel--well, bourbon-soaked oak cubes--porter was our first use of White Labs liquid yeast (WLP028-Edinburgh Ale). We almost always use Wyeast smack packs.
Anyway, the label said to shake vigorously and open carefully. We did, and promptly lost at least half of the vial contents. I think we missed something in the instructions.
We put what was left into a DME starter, even though we were planning to brew then and pitch in a couple hours. Of course, this wasn't enough time, but we thought it would be better than nothing.
So, we brewed, pitched, and fermentation appears very slow. There's a krausen, but no airlock bubbling that I've witnessed. It's been over 4 days.
Should I slosh to aerate? Just wait? Get another vial of yeast to pitch? If I do that, should I ignore the instructions to shake the vial?
Anyway, the label said to shake vigorously and open carefully. We did, and promptly lost at least half of the vial contents. I think we missed something in the instructions.
We put what was left into a DME starter, even though we were planning to brew then and pitch in a couple hours. Of course, this wasn't enough time, but we thought it would be better than nothing.
So, we brewed, pitched, and fermentation appears very slow. There's a krausen, but no airlock bubbling that I've witnessed. It's been over 4 days.
Should I slosh to aerate? Just wait? Get another vial of yeast to pitch? If I do that, should I ignore the instructions to shake the vial?