I've had a few batches of Wyeast not activate on me recently when pitched direct so I just invested in a heated stir plate to see if that helps!
I'm making a batch of red ale today so made my first starter on Friday night. I used 1.1litre water to 100g DME to allow for boil off, cooled to 20 and then pitched WLP004 which had been out of the fridge for 3-4 hours. First time using the stir plate so I only had it on 400rpm since Friday night. checked this morning and there's no krausen. Temp is fine if a little high at 22 degrees so I upped the stir plate speed so you can see a decent vortex.
My question is will the yeast be ready by this evening to pitch or should I just rehydrate some dry yeast I bought in reserve?
Really don't want to spoil another batch of beer from yeast not working!
Thanks for any advice!
Mick
I'm making a batch of red ale today so made my first starter on Friday night. I used 1.1litre water to 100g DME to allow for boil off, cooled to 20 and then pitched WLP004 which had been out of the fridge for 3-4 hours. First time using the stir plate so I only had it on 400rpm since Friday night. checked this morning and there's no krausen. Temp is fine if a little high at 22 degrees so I upped the stir plate speed so you can see a decent vortex.
My question is will the yeast be ready by this evening to pitch or should I just rehydrate some dry yeast I bought in reserve?
Really don't want to spoil another batch of beer from yeast not working!
Thanks for any advice!
Mick