Made a Belgian Abbey starter tonight, thanks @ECH !
Who wants to bet this will be a mess...
Belgian Abbey was the culprit behind my first beercano that hit the ceiling. Use a large blow off!
Yes, especially where it is a 2nd gen of the yeast. I don't know if that is normal or not, but any time I have used harvested yeast, it has always been more active, than the first time I used it.
WLP California Ale, fairly tame, no more the S05, however when I used a 2nd gen of the yeast I had harvested, it fermented like a beast and was chucking itself out through the blowoff tube with in hours.
Let me know how well the starter goes, interesting to see how viable the yeast still is, since it was harvested in late June, and I still have 3 bottles of it here. BTW, had to loosen the cover on all my other mason jars...every one had a bulged top.