starter

[johnluc]

Hi all,made a starter (wl002) sunday for a brew on tuesday,now things have come up and i can't brew untill thursday will it be ok to use then or will it be fermented out an useless after 96 hours.
johnluc.

 

[zgoda]

Put it in the fridge, it'll be fine.

 

[johnluc]

cheers zgoda, will i then need to make another starter from that or just pitch after bringing up to temp (20c)

 

[Mark1964]

we have left starters for weeks before using worry not keep covered in fridge

 

[johnluc]

thanks mark,no need to make a new starter from this then, sorry to sound thick its just that i read to pitch starter when its vigorously fermenting.
johnluc.

 

[Mark1964]

we generally leave it to finish fermenting so its hungry for sugars

 

[johnluc]

thanks mark as its only been going 24 hrs could i not leave it in fermenting cupboard for another 72 hrs and then pitch into brew.
johnluc.

 

[Mark1964]

yes why not i dont even put ours in a temp controlled place its just on kitchen unit on a mag stirrer

 

[johnluc]

cheers mark will do that.