Week old starter questions

[ScottD13]

I was supposed to brew last weekend but it didn't happen. I let the starter finish out and after a few days I put it in the fridge. Now I'm brewing on Sunday and the starter is now 10 days old.

I was thinking to pour off the liquid, let it warm up and add another 1L of starter wort on Saturday night.

Anyone have experience with something like this?

 

[Walker]

back when I used liquid yeast more often, I would make starters a full week prior to brewing. they would ferment completely, and then i would just leave them at room temp until the day I brewed. never even put them in the fridge.

You can probably just let it warm up, decant, and pitch. But, adding more starter wort probably won't really hurt anything.

 

[spareparts]

Once you make a starter it will keep for a couple of weeks with no ill effects. Depending on the yeast and its health you can go a little longer. It will be fine as is.

 

[avidhomebrewer]

Agreed. If you want, you could put a little more in there for the yeast, but it isn't necessary.

 

[samc]

Just did the same, decanted the week + old refrigerated starter and dumped it into 10 gallons of APA. Fermentation was going within a few hours and finished off quickly. You really don't even need to let it warm up as many brewers just pitch cold starters into wort.

 

[ScottD13]

I just let it warm up, decanted 90% of the liquid, shook it up good to get it back into suspension and pitched it....2 days later and it's ripping along. Thanks everyone!