Yeast starters....again

[jesse]

I was wondering how long a starter will stay good for without having an ill effect. I planned on brewing tonight.. The starter has been active since monday and i can't brew until saturday.. Should i throw it in the fridge?? out??

 

[homebrewer_99]

Put it in the fridge until Sat morning. Take it out to warm up to room temp then.

 

[Reverend JC]

I left a starter on the counter for 6 days then decided i should put it in the fridge. 3 days after that i brewed and it took only 6 hours for fermentation to really get going.

 

[Glibbidy]

Put it in the fridge until Sat morning. Take it out to warm up to room temp then.

IMHO, You are better of pitching the starter cold right out of the fridge.

 

[homebrewer_99]

IMHO, You are better of pitching the starter cold right out of the fridge.

I can agree with you to a point, but my intent is to try to have both the brew and the starter about the same temps.

I know I read (somewhere) that one practice is to refrigerate the wort then pitch a cold starter. I don't really agree with that because even lager yeast needs to start at a warmer temp before being placed in the cold. Ale yeasts like warmer temps, so room temp starters just seems logical.

 

[Rhoobarb]

Put it in the fridge until Sat morning. Take it out to warm up to room temp then.

I've begun doing this as standard practice, too. When chilled overnight, the yeast falls out of suspension to the bottom of the vessel. I warm it up, decant off most of the spent wort, swirl and pitch!

 

[Got Trub?]

IMHO, You are better of pitching the starter cold right out of the fridge.

Won't this shock the yeast? I usually try to get my yeast and wort to within several degrees of each other before pitching.