Dave70
Le roi est mort..
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Here's what I did.
Saturday arvo, made up a 1L starter with Wyeast 2308, pitched it yesterday at around five o clock.
Today there seems to be very little activity apart from a few bubbles. The yeast wasn't super fresh, hence the starter, but it certainly wasn't out of date. Do these yeasts normally take a little while to get cranking?
The only thing I can think of is that I pitched the yeast into the starter at about 18 deg where it sat for a day, and I'm fermenting at 10, could this have knocked it around?
I'm thinking I'll give it another two days and re check the OG, if there's no shift I'll pitch another yeast. Will this adversely effect the taste of the beer - it's a Helles, so there's not much to hide behind.
cheers
Saturday arvo, made up a 1L starter with Wyeast 2308, pitched it yesterday at around five o clock.
Today there seems to be very little activity apart from a few bubbles. The yeast wasn't super fresh, hence the starter, but it certainly wasn't out of date. Do these yeasts normally take a little while to get cranking?
The only thing I can think of is that I pitched the yeast into the starter at about 18 deg where it sat for a day, and I'm fermenting at 10, could this have knocked it around?
I'm thinking I'll give it another two days and re check the OG, if there's no shift I'll pitch another yeast. Will this adversely effect the taste of the beer - it's a Helles, so there's not much to hide behind.
cheers