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Thank you, glad to know!

Thank you for your tip! You were right. It only took me closer to 18 hours for the fermentation to complete. Had a blowoff too. Thankfully the aluminum foil stayed on while the foam/liquid leaked down a little. Definitely will cold crash and decant the starter beer before pitching.

Thank you for your tips! Made a starter and all is well. Cold crashed it and making a vitality starter this morning. Then cold crashing it one more time so I can decant for this weekend. Would the yeast be OK in the same flask and in the fridge for a few more days?

I like the 2nd idea since I have about a week before brew day (Saturday or Sunday). Will make first starter soon and let it grow yeast in stir plate for 24 hours-36 hours then cold crashing before making 2nd starter. What is the best way to “wake up” the crashed yeast? Let it warm up to room...

Thank you! I appreciate the helpful information. Looks like I may have to go for a step up starter since my yeast pack’s date is December 11th. I like the idea of doing possibly one 2ml starter with 1.040-1.045 but the calculator says I would be under pitched (0.84M cells / mL / °P compared to...

Going to brew a Dark Lord Clone Kit (Extract w/ steeping grains). OG will be around 1.120-1.124. I made starters before for beers that have OG of 1.05-1.07 but never made a big starter. Imperial Yeast A-18 Joystick will be used. I only have a 2 liter starter flask. Should I make a 2L starter...

That is great news. Thank you. I didn’t realize it was best before date. It has been stored in the fridge ever since I bought the yeast. Will give it a shot

I have two dry yeast packs (US-05). One will expire in end of June. Other is good for year and half. I was planing on making a low gravity pale ale (OG of 1.045) in the next few weeks. Would the dry yeast that expires in end of June be OK? Or should I just go ahead and use the newer yeast...

I would go for it. If you have great sanitizing practices, the wort should be fine. I have done it before where I forgot to add yeast and my beer turned out to be fine. I would aerate again just in case too for yeast to get oxygen since it has been a few days.

Yes, I used us-05 since the homebrew shop was closed and it was in the last minute.

Good to know about keeping the fermentation temp above 65/66 for Wyeast 1056. Definitely do not want a peach taste for a stout :)

Thank you for the answers and tips! I went ahead and used Safale 05 instead to be on the safe side since I had great results with US-05. I plan on using the harvested 1056 and make a starter for a pale ale in a few weeks.

Thank you for your advice. I will play it safe and get a new Wyeast 1056. Cheers

This is my very first post for HomeBrewTalk. I have been brewing beer for about 6 months and have done 5 batches so far. However, I have started using yeast starters and have a question. I plan on making a Breakfast Stout clone from a local HomeBrew shop that has the ingredients kit. I have a...