I have a quick question.. middle of boil and need a fast answer

[OHIOSTEVE]

I realized halfway through my boil, that I forgot to make my starter. I have washed s-05 in a snapple bottle. There is a little over 3/4 of an inch of nice white yeast in the bottom...will that be enough to take off? DFH 60 min clone. OG about 166-168 hopefully....5 gallons.

 

[BrookdaleBrew]

I would use some of your cooled wort to make a starter and pitch it tomorrow morning. As long as everything else is sealed up in a carboy you should be fine.

 

[bcervin]

If you live near a brew store just go buy another pack of yeast because that kind is so cheap. If not I'd say just pitch and aerate well. Should be fine. Ironically I made a DFH60 clone and used that very same yeast. All I did was hydrate and pitch. Took off like crazy. Good luck and let us know what you end up doing

 

[OHIOSTEVE]

well the site would NOT let me back on for some reason so I went ahead and called the brew store. They said that much yeast would do the job so I pitched it as is.... I do have a packet of s-05 in case it does not take off. Thanks for the quick replys, I wish I had been able to get em lol.

 

[Revvy]

HBT is acting wonky....But since you have washed 05 you should have a higer cell count than if you had a typical tube or smack pack. Although not ideal- I still recommend a starter for harvest yeast if it's been awhile in the fridge just to wake it up. It'll do the job.

 

[OHIOSTEVE]

I do make starters with the washed yeast REVVY, just slipped my mind this time.....along with taking an OG reading before putting it in the carboy... I must be getting old...... I will say that if what I was looking at was yeast, there is WAY more in this batch than what I would get from a packet of dry yeast.

 

[OHIOSTEVE]

Walked in just in time to see bubbles coing through the airlock just now. So far so good.