starter question

[Donthoseme]

I killed my yeast by pitching beer that was a little too hot. I have a 1.096 Tripel that i had a nice yeast cake for until last night when i accidentally killed it. I don't want to talk about it!

So i was thinking of some options.

get new yeast today and make a starter pitch 2 days after brew date?

Get new vile pitch half today (Less than 24 hrs from brew date) and make a starter with the other half.

Get new vile and pitch all today!

What do you think?

Also can i make a starter by just adding boiled table sugar and water to the yeast?

 

[RC0032]

buy two vile pitch both now (just another option)

 

[giligson]

buy two vile pitch both now (just another option)

Yes
Or pitch dry yeast - no need for starter.

 

[tedski]

According to Mr. Malty's Pitching Rate Calculator, you'll need 2 vials when doing this with a starter or you can use 2 11.5 gram packets of dry yeast.

 

[Donthoseme]

what would happen if i only pitched 1 vile?

 

[Bach7210]

what would happen if i only pitched 1 vile?

You will probably not have enough viable yeast to ferment out that big of a beer.

 

[WBC]

+1 on "not enough Yeast". This can cause delayed starts and more esters and incomplete fermentation.

 

[Jamo99]

Don't make a starter with just table sugar. You want to "train" your yeast to eat the complex sugars in beer (maltose), not simple sugars (sucrose).

 

[Donthoseme]

I know i should have added two viles of yeast to the batch. But on wednesday night i added 3/4 of the vile of yeast to the batch and made a small starter with the other 1/4 of the vile. It took a full 36 hours to really kick (i didn't check and the LBHS sold me old yeast!!!) but now it's going nuts and i'm going to add the slurry of the yeast i had from the starter to top it off and make sure it all ferments as low as it can. Thank you for the advice on everything and i definitley will just add the 2 viles next time!!! much less of a headache.

is there any articles that talk about "training your yeast" that sounds interesting?