2 yeast starters... Different action

[TastyAdventure]

Tomorrow I am brewing 8 gal of a 1.073 OG Belgian. I bought 2 packs of 1762. I checked brewersfriend's starter calculator and figured if I did a one step starter for 3 gal and a two step for 5 gal, I'd be where I needed.

I started the first step for the 5 gal fermenter yesterday morning and the first (and only) step for the 3 gal last night, and the second step for the 5 gal last night as well.
This morning the starter for the 3 gal had a big krausen and was lighter in color,
the one for the 5 gal still showed no signs of activity!!
Should I assume all the yeast from that pack was dead?
What the hell?


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[TastyAdventure]

Bump? Help please?


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[DesignatedDrinker]

Im replying late to this so I assume you already pitched what ever you made? What did you do?

 

[how1]

Take a hydrometer reading of the starter. If it's around 1.010 it did its job. If it's around 1.040, maybe it is off to a slow start. I've had starters take a couple days to show activity, depending on how old the yeast was. I've also had starters that finished without showing any signs of activity. The only way to know for sure is to take a gravity reading.

 

[TastyAdventure]

No I brew tomorrow. I combined the starters together, stepped it up, then eyeballed what looked like the proportion of 3/8 and 5/8ths.


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