justiniamp
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Hi Everyone,
I recently tried my hand at making a yeast starter for the 1st time. I have read a lot of threads on the forum about people's questions with yeast starters, but none that specifically fit what is happening with mine.
Basically, I had a Wyeast Smack pack that I smacked and waited 24 hours and it inflated very much so, so the yeast should have been viable. However, I read that I needed *2 the yeast that was in the activated pack for the beer I was brewing, so I made a starter. I boiled 2cups DME, 2liters H20 and 1tsp wyeast yeast nutrietn and let that cool to about 80 degrees (got impatient) and then I added the entire contents of the smack pack to this in an Erlenmeyer covered with tin foil. Unfortunately, it's been 7 hours and nothing is happening. In fact, after I shake it to aerate the yeast almost immediately (within minutes) settles back to the bottom (I see a very large amount of 'trub' or yeast), but I was under the impression that active, viable yeast would remain in suspension while fermenting the DME. Does this mean my yeast somehow died? Does dead yeast settle almost immediately while live yeast take longer? I am confused as to how this would be the case considering the smack pack inflated very well and I only let it go for 24 hours (the smack pack was 5 months old so I did decided to take it 24 hours instead of the instructed 3 hours). Also, shouldn't the yeast have been ready to start fermenting immediately as they were just activated recently?
Any input on this situation would be great!
Thanks
I recently tried my hand at making a yeast starter for the 1st time. I have read a lot of threads on the forum about people's questions with yeast starters, but none that specifically fit what is happening with mine.
Basically, I had a Wyeast Smack pack that I smacked and waited 24 hours and it inflated very much so, so the yeast should have been viable. However, I read that I needed *2 the yeast that was in the activated pack for the beer I was brewing, so I made a starter. I boiled 2cups DME, 2liters H20 and 1tsp wyeast yeast nutrietn and let that cool to about 80 degrees (got impatient) and then I added the entire contents of the smack pack to this in an Erlenmeyer covered with tin foil. Unfortunately, it's been 7 hours and nothing is happening. In fact, after I shake it to aerate the yeast almost immediately (within minutes) settles back to the bottom (I see a very large amount of 'trub' or yeast), but I was under the impression that active, viable yeast would remain in suspension while fermenting the DME. Does this mean my yeast somehow died? Does dead yeast settle almost immediately while live yeast take longer? I am confused as to how this would be the case considering the smack pack inflated very well and I only let it go for 24 hours (the smack pack was 5 months old so I did decided to take it 24 hours instead of the instructed 3 hours). Also, shouldn't the yeast have been ready to start fermenting immediately as they were just activated recently?
Any input on this situation would be great!
Thanks