Yeast starters

[Gregg Meyer]

please explain how you make a starter yeast the night before. i brewed an
octoberfest and used a kit. I have never done a kit before I was sold/told by my
local home brew company that i could use an english ale by white labs as a good yeast for that. I did see that I am one month late of the best use time and my
6.5 gal carboy for fermentation is quiet. It has been 33-34 hours since the pitch and all is quiet. It's freaking me out. Do I just buy more white labs that is fresh and just pour it in after I warm it to room temp?

I have done several extracts where I used DME I have done two All grain sessions for a total of right at 12 sessions all together, just starting.


Gregg,

 

[sudbuster]

...............Do I just buy more white labs that is fresh and just pour it in after I warm it to room temp? ................

Gregg,

Greg, IMHO, just give it a bit more time, up to 72 hrs. unless your vial was very mishandled, i have found English ale to be very forgiving and a mean yeast when adjusted to the wort..... Good luck....... https://www.homebrewtalk.com/wiki/index.php/Starter

 

[Gregg Meyer]

I brewed this past sat and the yeast has not yet began it thing. I pitched a whit labs yeast that was one month older than I was supposed to use or best use by date. i just couldn't get around to brewing till last sat. What is the best route to take. Do I have a window of time before the wort goes bad or is it already bad?

 

[Gregg Meyer]

I'll give it more time. I just haven't brewed since spring am excited to have the fermenter back in action. i go to Vermont in 2 weeks and will travel to Middlebury to get some Ottercreek ale. Too bad i can't get it in Nebraska. That is a Very nice beer. Maybe I could teach myself to make a clone. What would I look for when tasting it to try and make a clone??