Wyeast

[brewboy4]

I have managed to get off work early and so hoping to brew a beer but have no started ready. I have a wyeast smack pack. It's 22L @ 1.050 recipe. I think this should be ok without a starter but would like to know people's thoughts/ experiences doing this?
This is a smash ale recipe .

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[BenB]

Depends how new / old it is.

[MTW]

Depends what you're brewing too. Pitch rate will affect esters.

What are you brewing and what's the yeast?

[brewboy4]

Just a pale ale , mashing @ 67 manufactured on 15/6/2016. It's w1469 West Yorkshire


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[BenB]

Pitching rate calculators suggest you'll have less than 100 cells when you want 210 (ish). Not ideal but you'll still get beer

[MTW]

Just a pale ale , mashing @ 67 manufactured on 15/6/2016. It's w1469 West Yorkshire


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Might be a moot point now, but I did once pitch a pack of that yeast straight into a similar wort. It got big diacetyl; a real popcorn taste in the sample mid-fermentation. A low pitch rate exaggerates byproducts like that, though it is in the nature of that ('Timothy Taylors strain') yeast. If that's what you want, it's OK I guess. I'd be tempted to raise the temperature after a couple of days (and keep it low at the start) and give it a good diacetyl rest.