White labs yheast

[jonbomb]

I bought some white labs yeast in a vial for my hefe and didnt think that yeast needed to stay refergerated.... is it ruined?? its been our for five or 6 hours...

 

[Pappers_]

No problems. In fact, you should let it come to room temperature for a few hours before you pitch it.

 

[jonbomb]

yea im not pitching it yet. Now another question The kit i bought was brewers best so it came with regular yeast in a package and I said I wanted a banana flavor in my hefe so they sold me the white labs because the yeast is the item that adds the flavor.

So do I just not use the packaged yeast and use the white labs instead?

 

[Pappers_]

Yes, that's correct.

Many of brewers make starters when they use a liquid yeast. You can do a search on HBT for "starter" or read about it at www.mrmalty.com Its not necessary - if you pitch your vial straight into your wort, you'll make good beer. But starters are definitely a "best practices" for liquid yeast.

Cheers!

 

[eppo]

If your goin to make a starter, and that other package is dry yeast, boil half of that package in with your starter wort. You can use it like a yeast nutrient.

 

[Rainyn]

If your goin to make a starter, and that other package is dry yeast, boil half of that package in with your starter wort. You can use it like a yeast nutrient.

Nice idea!

 

[jonbomb]

If your goin to make a starter, and that other package is dry yeast, boil half of that package in with your starter wort. You can use it like a yeast nutrient.

ok sounds good to me! does it matter when I put it in?

 

[storunner13]

Or you can save it for a future batch (which I'm sure there will be...)!

 

[eppo]

I usually put it in at the start of the boil. I'm not a big fan of kit yeast, and usually use the white labs vials for my brews anyway. Though I know that for Ed worts pale he uses dry yeast so I will probably try some dry when I make that beer.