Poynton Blue
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Ordered Wyeast London Ale #1028, and my first time using liquid yeast (for an Imperial NEIPA I’m brewing today.
Yesterday lunchtime (24h ago), I took the pack from the fridge, and “smacked the pack”, & shook it up, before leaving to stand.
Once done, I boiled 2l of water, with 145g of DME added, and then cooled to 22C. Whilst it was cooling, I occasionally swirled the pack.
I then sanitised the pack, and a 1Gal demijohn, lid and airlock, and transferred the wort. I lidded and shook the wort, to aerate.
I then opened the and pitched into the starter wort, put the lid and airlock on and let stand. Over the last 24h I have swirled the demijohn to mix the yeast & wort.
All good so far?
I have zero (!) activity in the demijohn. It looks totally lifeless. What the #%^* have I done wrong? Do I use or do I quickly make up a new starter using the 2 packs of US05 I have?
Help appreciated, as I’m around an hour away from mashing in!
Yesterday lunchtime (24h ago), I took the pack from the fridge, and “smacked the pack”, & shook it up, before leaving to stand.
Once done, I boiled 2l of water, with 145g of DME added, and then cooled to 22C. Whilst it was cooling, I occasionally swirled the pack.
I then sanitised the pack, and a 1Gal demijohn, lid and airlock, and transferred the wort. I lidded and shook the wort, to aerate.
I then opened the and pitched into the starter wort, put the lid and airlock on and let stand. Over the last 24h I have swirled the demijohn to mix the yeast & wort.
All good so far?
I have zero (!) activity in the demijohn. It looks totally lifeless. What the #%^* have I done wrong? Do I use or do I quickly make up a new starter using the 2 packs of US05 I have?
Help appreciated, as I’m around an hour away from mashing in!