Pitching temp question

[ApresSkiBrewer]

Sounds perfect.

In general, you want to go from colder to warmer with yeast... because if you cool, it will encourage the yeast to flocculation, and may halt a fermentation before it gets started/or finishes. the latter happens when you warm, that's a signal to the yeast that its time to go to work. You were spot on.

[iworkatinitech]

Question...I had an issue with my water I was adding to my wort (post boil chilldown) and now my wort in my primary is at 60 degrees. I'm making a stout and wonder if I can/should pitch my yeast (WLP002) or how long I can wait with the lid on the primary to allow the temp to increase if it will...?

Any and all help would be greatly appreciated!

[BDawg]

You can pitch that yeast there and they will love it as the beer warms. It ferments very clean when cool but 60F is too low, so make sure it does come up. 65-66F will make a REALLY nice beer with that yeast as long as you warm up to that temp, not cool down to that temp.

HTH-