ray m
02-27-2004, 02:56 PM
Paranoia is striking again.....I made a yeast starter (using yeast I harvested about 2 1/2 weeks ago) a couple days ago to make sure the yeast was OK. I made a 1 quart starter with 1 cup DME, then pitched the harvested yeast slurry, which filled about 1/3 of a mason jar (1 qt. size I think).
Airlock started bubbling within 20 minutes. By the evening, I could not believe the amount of krausen from this starter----It was light tan in color, nice & thick (like what it's supposed to look like on top of a 5 gallon batch), and at times was at least 6 to 7 inches thick. Over the 2 day period before I brewed today, I swirled the starter around a bit when the krausen subsided to @ 2 inches thick. After a couple hours, the krausen was damn near filling up the starter vessel (1 gallon glass jug). Smelled the starter a couple times and it smelled like what a starter is supposed to smell like.
This is the first time I have ever used harvested yeast. Is the krausen supposed to be that robust?? Everything looked and smelled like it was supposed to. I can only imagine what this yeast is going to do in my 5 gallon batch (after pitching into the wort, airlock was already bubbling a bit after 30 minutes). Someone please put my mind at ease!! Yeast by the way is White Labs London Ale WLP013.
Thanks!!!!!!!!!
Airlock started bubbling within 20 minutes. By the evening, I could not believe the amount of krausen from this starter----It was light tan in color, nice & thick (like what it's supposed to look like on top of a 5 gallon batch), and at times was at least 6 to 7 inches thick. Over the 2 day period before I brewed today, I swirled the starter around a bit when the krausen subsided to @ 2 inches thick. After a couple hours, the krausen was damn near filling up the starter vessel (1 gallon glass jug). Smelled the starter a couple times and it smelled like what a starter is supposed to smell like.
This is the first time I have ever used harvested yeast. Is the krausen supposed to be that robust?? Everything looked and smelled like it was supposed to. I can only imagine what this yeast is going to do in my 5 gallon batch (after pitching into the wort, airlock was already bubbling a bit after 30 minutes). Someone please put my mind at ease!! Yeast by the way is White Labs London Ale WLP013.
Thanks!!!!!!!!!