Did I give my starter enough time?

[the_trout]

So I fell alseep at the proverbial wheel and forgot to make my starter earlier in the week. I banged out a small one pint starter this morning with the hope to brew tomorrow afternoon. Im going for a mid range pale with an OG of around 1.046 and my yeast was 1056 dated 12/13. No stir plate unfortunatley.

I suppose I could push my brewday until Sunday but thats really going to be a pain. Do you think Im going to be ok to pitch it after about 30 hours in the flask?

 

[dcp27]

no need to push the brew day back, you can just push pitching back a day if need be, it won't harm anything given you sanitize properly. 30 hours should be plenty of time tho

 

[krahm]

I agree with the previous poster. You don't have enough time to chill and decant, obviously, but if you're pitching the whole starter, 30 hours should be plenty of time. A bit longer would be optimal, but with a lower gravity beer and with 1056, personally, I'd be surprised if you had any problems.

 

[the_trout]

thanks guys. delayed pitch is the way to go for me here. i should have thought of that myself. HBT is like having a brew club of thousands to draw on. brew day is saved. :rockin: