I ussualy do, but didnt this time. purposely trying to get some of the esters to come out by under pitching. if it is not at least showing some life by tommorow. I will get another one.
first time in years I havent used a starter. (although never used this strain) I am going for an underpitch, but I still think it was compromised from 3 days in the heat in transit.
Yeah I know some suppliers actually recommend not ordering liquid yeast during the summer months because they can't guarantee the temperatures it'll be exposed to, even shipped with an ice pack. It sucks cause you don't really want to be limited to dry yeast in the summer
ya, I have had good luck with this vendor in the past, even in summer. but it was extra hot this time.
We shall see. Its going like crazy now. Dropped 20 pts todayI'm not surprised at the very long lag time as you basically double-underpitched; lower pitch rate plus minimally viable yeast. But, seems like fermentation is going now. I'm very interested in your results. I almost always create a starter as well but, have been tempted to try and skip it as a test. But, I usually chicken out and make a starter. Never want to be accused of abusing alcohol!
That's not too bad for an ale...I'd say that the summer transport is responsible for dropping your cell count. Good that it finally got going for you.
Bump up the temperature 6-7 degrees, see what happens. Remember it's still a significant under pitch
It was already at 72 F.
Ah. Oh. Hm.
Going against convention and turned it Down to 68! That will show those yeasts!
