buenaventura
Well-Known Member
So . . .
I was in a hurry last night and wasn't able to properly cool my wort before dumping it into the primary and pitching the yeast. I felt the bucket afterward and it was HOT . . . as in . . . too damn freaking hot . . .
I fear I killed the yeasties . . . the last time I made this APA, I pitched with a cooled wort and had fermentation the next morning.
It is "the next morning" and there is no sign of fermentation.
My question:
Because I can't make it to the store to get more yeast until tomorrow afternoon . . . by which time the (now cooled) wort will have been sitting for 36ish hours at above average temperature . . . should I just dump this stuff and start over? I mean . . . will it have spoiled/become infected or contaminated/etc. by the time I am able to pitch again?
Or . . . should the wort be fine and am I overreacting?
Thanks
b
I was in a hurry last night and wasn't able to properly cool my wort before dumping it into the primary and pitching the yeast. I felt the bucket afterward and it was HOT . . . as in . . . too damn freaking hot . . .
I fear I killed the yeasties . . . the last time I made this APA, I pitched with a cooled wort and had fermentation the next morning.
It is "the next morning" and there is no sign of fermentation.
My question:
Because I can't make it to the store to get more yeast until tomorrow afternoon . . . by which time the (now cooled) wort will have been sitting for 36ish hours at above average temperature . . . should I just dump this stuff and start over? I mean . . . will it have spoiled/become infected or contaminated/etc. by the time I am able to pitch again?
Or . . . should the wort be fine and am I overreacting?
Thanks
b