Starter mess help

[Allsup]

So Last night I made a starter out of a Wyeast Munich Lager smack pack. I realized today that my starter is half strength. (I used 2 pints of H20 and 1/2 cup DME)

So today I whipped up another 1/2 pint H20, 1/2 cup DME and a couple tbsp. of priming sugar. Chill it and dump it in on top of the stater I'm not sure why the priming sugar other than it was there and I wasn't doing anything with it.

I should have about 2.5 pints of h20 and a cup of DME plus the other sugar. There is plenty of yeast activity already but not what I normal seeing in a starter. I'm Planning on brewing Friday.

I have a mess, but will this still work as a starter?
Thanks

 

[MalFet]

You generally don't want to use simple sugar for a starter, but a couple tablespoons isn't going to muck up anything too dramatically. Other than that, it sounds like you just did a stepped starter. Your yeast numbers will be different than if you had done a single step, but that's not necessarily bad. "There is plenty of activity already but not what I normally seeing in a starter" is a bit vague. Is it making rude faces at you or something?

TL;DR summary - you're fine

 

[Allsup]

No rude faces, just a small amount of bubbles. When I shake the starter is goes crazy foaming, but not the normal big rolling fermentation.

 

[norsk]

It'll be fine. What kind of beer is this going into?

Just finished pitching a starter for a Guinness clone myself.

 

[Allsup]

Vienna Lager, My first Lager.:fro:

 

[norsk]

Cool. Good luck and have fun.

 

[passedpawn]

I've always wanted to make a vienna lager. Good luck with that.