Let starter sit for 3 days...do I need to restart it?

[hendo80]

I made my first starter (Wyeast 1099 Whitbread) on Thursday afternoon and it was bubbling by Friday morning. I had hoped to brew my Newcastle-ish clone on late Friday or Saturday, but wasn't able to get started.

I'd like to brew this afternoon, but have I let the starter sit too long at 3 days (67 degrees)?

Do I need to/how can I restart it? I have some dry yeast as backup that I can pitch instead of, or in addition to, the liquid yeast starter.

any help or advice appreciated. I really want to get the yeast right after a couple of slightly stalled FG batches.

 

[Yooper]

I made my first starter (Wyeast 1099 Whitbread) on Thursday afternoon and it was bubbling by Friday morning. I had hoped to brew my Newcastle-ish clone on late Friday or Saturday, but wasn't able to get started.

I'd like to brew this afternoon, but have I let the starter sit too long at 3 days (67 degrees)?

Do I need to/how can I restart it? I have some dry yeast as backup that I can pitch instead of, or in addition to, the liquid yeast starter.

any help or advice appreciated. I really want to get the yeast right after a couple of slightly stalled FG batches.

No, it's fine.

 

[LLBeanJ]

No, it'll be fine. I would have cold crashed the starter until ready to use, then decanted the excess liquid before pitching, but it's fine if it's been sitting at room temp for a few days.

 

[MichaelBrock]

You definitely have not let it sit too long. And there is no need to re-start it. I have let starters go 3 days many times. And when going through multiple step-ups it can take a week or more. Occasionally, I will make a starter then decide to delay brewing and I simply stick it in the refrigerator (which I often do regardless to make it easier to decant the beer from the starter). A starter can easily stay a few weeks in the refrigerator before pitching. What you are doing is entirely within the realm of "normal".

 

[hendo80]

thanks for the quick replies...that is a relief!!

let the brewing begin!