The pic below says it all. Began Friday evening making a starter to use in Biermuncher's Black Pearl Porter. That all went fine--the smack pack swelled a bit, but nothing that would suggest an issue. The yeast was purchased at Northern Brewer and kept refrigerated all the way until I used it. Saturday evening I put it in the fridge to crash so I could decant it Sunday morning to pitch Sunday afternoon.
Brew day went well, chilled the wort down to 74 degrees. By then the starter had warmed up nicely, and I pitched it. I put it in my ferm chamber fridge at 60 degrees (as per recipe) on Sunday afternoon and it's held between 60 and 62.
Except....no activity. No airlock activity at all, no krausen, no nothing. There is a thin layer of bubbles on part of the surface of the wort, but that's been there since Sunday evening.
Today is Tuesday. Nothing. At this point--given that I began with a starter almost 4 days ago--it would appear it's dead. What else can I put in there that would take its place? I have S-04, S-05, and S-06 (very doubtful), WLP001 (doubtful) and Wyeast2112 (very doubtful).
Or do I need to make a flying trip to my HLBS and hope he's got the White Labs equivalent in WLP-013?
I know the acronym: RDWHAHB. However, I should have seen something by now.
Ideas?
Brew day went well, chilled the wort down to 74 degrees. By then the starter had warmed up nicely, and I pitched it. I put it in my ferm chamber fridge at 60 degrees (as per recipe) on Sunday afternoon and it's held between 60 and 62.
Except....no activity. No airlock activity at all, no krausen, no nothing. There is a thin layer of bubbles on part of the surface of the wort, but that's been there since Sunday evening.
Today is Tuesday. Nothing. At this point--given that I began with a starter almost 4 days ago--it would appear it's dead. What else can I put in there that would take its place? I have S-04, S-05, and S-06 (very doubtful), WLP001 (doubtful) and Wyeast2112 (very doubtful).
Or do I need to make a flying trip to my HLBS and hope he's got the White Labs equivalent in WLP-013?
I know the acronym: RDWHAHB. However, I should have seen something by now.
Ideas?