landhoney
Well-Known Member
I never thought a nice, clean looking, nicely sour smelling, vigorously bubbling starter would be a problem, but it is. Pedio is not supposed to produce CO2 or any other gases for that matter! I'm not sure how you tell you're Pedio starter is working, but it supposedly can take up to a couple weeks to get going. Mine started bubbling ~3 days in, which is pretty good because the cell count is supposedly very low, but again it shouldn't be bubbling. The pack was very fresh, only a couple weeks old actually. My sanitization was good, I've never had an infected starter. It smells very similar to the empty pack after I opened/pitched it into the starter. As I see it either:
A) infected
B) Wyeast put Lacto in there by mistake
I guess when its done I'll taste it and see what I've got, based on the smell and look it doesn't seem like its anything bad. If anyone has any info/advice on this situation I'm open to it. Thanks.
BTW, I emailed Wyeast, they're pretty good about answering questions, so hopefully they'll have some helpful info soon.
A) infected
B) Wyeast put Lacto in there by mistake
I guess when its done I'll taste it and see what I've got, based on the smell and look it doesn't seem like its anything bad. If anyone has any info/advice on this situation I'm open to it. Thanks.
BTW, I emailed Wyeast, they're pretty good about answering questions, so hopefully they'll have some helpful info soon.