how long will slurry last?

[wormraper]

I pulled a pint of slurry from my IPA on monday... thought I was gonna brew in 2 days but I won't be able to till sunday night/monday morning... is it still good to pull and use straight away or should I use a starter?

 

[day_trippr]

MrMalty says week old slurry (properly handled, presumably) will maintain 84% viability. Whether you need a starter or not is dependent on how much slurry you have, how big a beer you're going to brew with it and the volume of that brew. All can be answered by the same tool...

Cheers!

 

[eastoak]

i've used months old slurry out of the fridge and into the fermentor (after bringing to room temps) and it took right off. a few days or weeks is nothing.

 

[WoodlandBrew]

Agreed. A slurry will last for months in the refrigerator. The Mr. Malty age is more accurate for slurry left in the bottom of a fermentor than for refrigerated.

For details see here:
http://woodlandbrew.blogspot.com/2012/12/refrigeration-effects-on-yeast-viability.html

 

[wormraper]

kewl, I was just going to do another batch of the same IPA (about a 6% brew at most) and the slurry was nearly 1/3 (maybe 1/4th) of the total cake so it was quite a bunch.... I'll just pitch and go tomorrow when I brew

 

[eastoak]

kewl, I was just going to do another batch of the same IPA (about a 6% brew at most) and the slurry was nearly 1/3 (maybe 1/4th) of the total cake so it was quite a bunch.... I'll just pitch and go tomorrow when I brew

for a beer between 1050 and 1060 i pitch somewhere around 1/2 cup of slurry.

 

[coypoo]

I use month old (sometimes older) slurry all the time. After a month though I will wake it up with a small starter before pitching though

 

[wormraper]

sweet. so 8 days for a standard IPA will be no problem... will be brewing later on today...