Hi All,
I tried to cultivate some White Labs yeast to create a bigger starter and to bottle some for a future brew too but I think I have failed.
Heres what i did:
1. boiled 4 cups water in a pot
2. Added 100g LDME
3. Stirred till it came back to the boil (about 2 mins)
4. Put the lid on the pot and cooled it to room temp
5. Sterilized a 2L bottle
6. Added yeast to bottle
7. Added malt/water to bottle
8. Gave it a gentle swirl/shake to mix
9. Covered it with plastic wrap and put a pin prick in it.
That was about 60 hours ago and there has been almost NO activity. Has grown in volume, no real froth has appeared, nothing. The yeast vial was out of the fridge for about 1 hour before i mixed it.
What do you reckon? Have I somehow killed it? Should i throw it away?
$16 bucks down the drain i guess if there nothing i can do.
Thanks,
TFM
I tried to cultivate some White Labs yeast to create a bigger starter and to bottle some for a future brew too but I think I have failed.
Heres what i did:
1. boiled 4 cups water in a pot
2. Added 100g LDME
3. Stirred till it came back to the boil (about 2 mins)
4. Put the lid on the pot and cooled it to room temp
5. Sterilized a 2L bottle
6. Added yeast to bottle
7. Added malt/water to bottle
8. Gave it a gentle swirl/shake to mix
9. Covered it with plastic wrap and put a pin prick in it.
That was about 60 hours ago and there has been almost NO activity. Has grown in volume, no real froth has appeared, nothing. The yeast vial was out of the fridge for about 1 hour before i mixed it.
What do you reckon? Have I somehow killed it? Should i throw it away?
$16 bucks down the drain i guess if there nothing i can do.
Thanks,
TFM