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Pitching yeast a day or two after brewing

Started by delzep, April 30, 2014, 03:07:44 PM

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delzep

Thinking of doing this in case my starter is a bit slow to get going....good idea or bad idea?

Dr Jacoby

Yea, generally a bad idea. But if you keep things clean you can get away with pitching yeast 8-10 hours after chilling. Some people chill lagers down in a fridge prior to pitching to get rid of as much cold break as possible. It's risky but doable.
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Eoin

Quote from: Dr Jacoby on April 30, 2014, 03:51:45 PM
Yea, generally a bad idea. But if you keep things clean you can get away with pitching yeast 8-10 hours after chilling. Some people chill lagers down in a fridge prior to pitching to get rid of as much cold break as possible. It's risky but doable.

Or you can put it into a sterlised cube/jerry can whilst hot and do what's called no-chill.

Some people do it all the time, so it's a viable method and if you're only doing it once...it'll be fine.

TheSumOfAllBeers

I do no chill all the time, ever since losing 2 batches last summer while waiting for wort to cool. (The bugs didn't wait)

You have to adjust your late hop schedules, but you can also do some fun tricks like cube hopping