I just froze my starter!

[paulster2626]

So just about to pitch the yeast, and where did I pit that starter again? Oh yeah, I stuck it in the freezer for 20 minutes to try to clear it up a bit. Except I forgot it was there an now it's solid as a rock. Going to thaw it, then pitch it. We will see what happens!!

 

[TBaGZ]

Doh!

 

[Stalevel]

Just listened to the white brothers on an '09 episode of the session. They said let it thaw naturally and plan for 10% viability loss. iirc

 

[paulster2626]

Let it thaw overnight, pitched it yesterday morning, and still nothing. This sucks! I'm betting the blow off will be bubbling like a mo-fo when I get home today. Hope so, because I really don't want to buy another $10 package of yeast.

This is a Rochefort 8 clone too - so lots of time invested in making candi sugar, long mash and boil times, etc. Can't lose this one!

 

[el_caro]

Let it thaw overnight, pitched it yesterday morning, and still nothing. This sucks! I'm betting the blow off will be bubbling like a mo-fo when I get home today.

Hope you are right but my money is on them having been destroyed.

 

[paulster2626]

Just popped the lid. There is a mild krausen. Ferm chamber is a tad on the chilly side (58F) so it'll be a slow go for a couple days until she really gets rockin.

I can safely forget about this one for a while. As always, looks like everything is gonna be okay...

EDIT: And now it's ROCKIN! Blow-off is going nuts, and I nearly passed out from the CO2 in the chamber. I will post a full review of the beer for future search-savvy brewers. Sadly this won't happen until January!