First time re-using yeast....
I drained chronicle, washed yeast few times and stored in fridge for a few days....then made small starter, 400ml, left on stir plate 30hrs. stored in fridge for a few days. Last night made my usual starter,1600ml. Through in the smaller starter and put it on the stir plate. It was even a little below 1600ml(I have a 2000ml flask)
Woke up at 3, and it blew my foam stopper right out(mostly out, was hanging to the side. Put tin foil on top and called it a night. Woke up now and it had some of the foam had made its way out and down the sides. cleaned up and put foam stopper in.
Question is, Is my yeast ok? Smelled it and it smells like yeast. I’m brewing tomorrow and don’t want to waste time and money if my yeast is tainted. Any way to tell?
Any thoughts to why it fermented this crazy? My only thought is that there is much less yeast in the smack packs i always use them the mini starter(yeast harvested) I used? And if that’s the case, could I be pitching tooo much yeast now?
Thanks in advance!
I drained chronicle, washed yeast few times and stored in fridge for a few days....then made small starter, 400ml, left on stir plate 30hrs. stored in fridge for a few days. Last night made my usual starter,1600ml. Through in the smaller starter and put it on the stir plate. It was even a little below 1600ml(I have a 2000ml flask)
Woke up at 3, and it blew my foam stopper right out(mostly out, was hanging to the side. Put tin foil on top and called it a night. Woke up now and it had some of the foam had made its way out and down the sides. cleaned up and put foam stopper in.
Question is, Is my yeast ok? Smelled it and it smells like yeast. I’m brewing tomorrow and don’t want to waste time and money if my yeast is tainted. Any way to tell?
Any thoughts to why it fermented this crazy? My only thought is that there is much less yeast in the smack packs i always use them the mini starter(yeast harvested) I used? And if that’s the case, could I be pitching tooo much yeast now?
Thanks in advance!