Might have cocked up a starter - advice?

[Gricey]

I've not brewed since last year but I'm doing a group brew today. I am making a robust porter with coffee and the OG is going to be around 1.075. I bought 2 vials of WLP001 to stick on the stir plate (which I put in my brew fridge).

Anyway I did this 2-3 days ago, set the control to 20 degrees and went about my day. I left the door a little bit open. I noticed today that the temp was 25, I figured leaving the door open made the fridge work too hard, so a couple of hours ago I closed the door. I checked again 10 mins ago and the temp was up to 33+! Turns out I'd not plugged the fridge into the 'cool' side of my ATC-800+ since I brewed last.

So my question is, do you think the starter will be viable after 2-3 days at 25 degrees C? If not, I have 3 dry pouches of S-04, but I dont really want to go down that route...

TIA
a desperate Gricey

[Befuddler]

It'll be fine. It won't necessarily make tasty beer at those temps, but it's alright for a starter.

Welcome back, btw.

[Gricey]

Cheers - we still need to meet up for a beer!

[Befuddler]

Cheers - we still need to meet up for a beer!

Yeah... we will actually get round to that at some point.

Right now, my booze times are few and far between until I eliminate the belly I have grown. I'm definitely going to indymanbeercon and I'm probably going to the opening night of Buxton's new bar, but casual pubbing is off my agenda for the moment.

[Rookie]

Yeast will happily reproduce at higher temperatures than what makes good beer, you'll be fine.

[orlando]

With ale yeasts you can go as high as 37c, according to Chris White, it just means more rapid cell growth which has some negative connotations (weaker cell membranes). Best practice is a range of 18-24 for ale yeasts a little less for lager. On balance you will get away with it for sure.

[Gricey]

Its going, just slowly I think 10 points or so to go!