Hello, this is my first post. I made my first yeast starter today. I used 6 oz of a wheat DME since it was the only I had on hand, 2 quarts of water, whitelabs abbey yeast, and .5 tps of whitelabs yeast nutrients. I made two things that I am afraid that could be not good.
1) The DME extract that I used was a month old, and I never stored it on a ziplock, it was inside a box at a temperature of around 70 degrees. I am afraid that the quality of the malt extract might have degraded and ultimately affect the yeast.
2) After adding the yeast to the cooled wort. Since I didnt had a lid for my 1 gallon carboy, I used some food wrapping plastic to cover the 1 gallon glass carboy and shake it, but I forgot to sanitize it. I am very worried that this might have contaminated my starter.
Thanks for your time fellows
1) The DME extract that I used was a month old, and I never stored it on a ziplock, it was inside a box at a temperature of around 70 degrees. I am afraid that the quality of the malt extract might have degraded and ultimately affect the yeast.
2) After adding the yeast to the cooled wort. Since I didnt had a lid for my 1 gallon carboy, I used some food wrapping plastic to cover the 1 gallon glass carboy and shake it, but I forgot to sanitize it. I am very worried that this might have contaminated my starter.
Thanks for your time fellows