Can one boil a starter too long?

[elcarter]

May have left it on a little too long while bagging up some hops,

Dme appears a little caramelized topped it up with a bit more water and re-boiled for another 10-15mins.

Think the yeast would mind?

 

[mckenry]

A starter should be in the range of 1.030 - 1.040. Test and adjust before pitching the yeast.

 

[NewtownClown]

May have left it on a little too long while bagging up some hops,

Dme appears a little caramelized topped it up with a bit more water and re-boiled for another 10-15mins.

Think the yeast would mind?

Not at all

 

[elcarter]

Thanks for the reply's I ended up ditching it DME's cheap and it's for a Saison so don't want to tempt fate.

 

[Adr_0]

as mckenry said, something like 1030-1040 is meant to be ideal. a higher gravity will theoretically give you more growth, but at the expense of stressing the yeast. given the key objective of a starter is to grow lots of healthy, stress-free yeasties, higher gravities than this are (apparently) not a good idea.

There is also a pretty good rule of thumb - 100g to 1L gives you about that gravity. A touch more water allows some boil-off.