My WLP039 yeast was 7 weeks expired. It was left out in the cold overnight a month ago but didn't appear to freeze though the water bottle next to it was ice. So I stored it in the fridge and let it warm up overnight before brew day.
Made a ghetto starter with a pint of boiled and cooled water with sucanat sugar and a dab of yeast nutrient., pitched at about 100 degrees but couldn't maintain temperature I got no action at all, yeast keeps sinking to the bottom and I keep stirring it up. I pitched some into my cooled wort anyway out of desperation. My beer is at about 65 degrees for 12 hours now and I worry that time is running out! Do I:
1. Pitch the inactive starter and pray
2. Add a bit of leftover WLP300 Hefeweizen that has been at room temperature overnight - not what I want but better than infection.
3. Go buy a bottle of beer with the same yeast and pitch that
4. Store my wort in the fridge until Tuesday when the HBS opens again
argh!
Made a ghetto starter with a pint of boiled and cooled water with sucanat sugar and a dab of yeast nutrient., pitched at about 100 degrees but couldn't maintain temperature I got no action at all, yeast keeps sinking to the bottom and I keep stirring it up. I pitched some into my cooled wort anyway out of desperation. My beer is at about 65 degrees for 12 hours now and I worry that time is running out! Do I:
1. Pitch the inactive starter and pray
2. Add a bit of leftover WLP300 Hefeweizen that has been at room temperature overnight - not what I want but better than infection.
3. Go buy a bottle of beer with the same yeast and pitch that
4. Store my wort in the fridge until Tuesday when the HBS opens again
argh!