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Ok..
How I have done my recent yeast starter
The story
I bought a w1728 about 18months ago......maybe longer...
It sat in my fridge for 18 months. Smacked ( **** happens with kids ..etc)
Pulled it out of the fridge about 2mnths ago... decided to make a starter which I thought would be ready by the start of the Grafton-Kyogle-Bellingen-Yamba-Spork-Old Bar annual brew thing
The yeast was some what slow
My method has always been to make a starter of 1020sg wort. Why....? Because yeast turns sugar into Alc. Make a big SG starter and you end up with a lot of Alc quickly... yeast starters need nutrients and feeding
I made a 1ltr 1020 starter in a 1.25ltr coke bottles
Well I have been giving the bottle a good shake every other day and squeezing the sides while I crack the cap and let out the pressure
Yeast has been sitting at about 10-15*c during the whole time
There are some very nice clumps of yeast floating around
Cracked the cap fully and had a smell of the yeast today.
Fresh good yeast does not have a strong smell.
Yeast had a slight fruity smell. Smelt like a good yeast should smell like
Yeast is very hardy.
You dont need much yeast to make a starter,
Dont try to make big starters straight up. Start small and grow it
You dont need fancy equipment like stir plates and fancy flasks to make a starter...yes it can help....but you dont need it
Make your 1st starter at about 1020 or even less...
Big SG's are not needed for starters..start your starter small
Yeast will last years in the fridge. Keep your master starters in the fridge with a pure malt wort
Malt has nutrients, Sugar does not
How I have done my recent yeast starter
The story
I bought a w1728 about 18months ago......maybe longer...
It sat in my fridge for 18 months. Smacked ( **** happens with kids ..etc)
Pulled it out of the fridge about 2mnths ago... decided to make a starter which I thought would be ready by the start of the Grafton-Kyogle-Bellingen-Yamba-Spork-Old Bar annual brew thing
The yeast was some what slow
My method has always been to make a starter of 1020sg wort. Why....? Because yeast turns sugar into Alc. Make a big SG starter and you end up with a lot of Alc quickly... yeast starters need nutrients and feeding
I made a 1ltr 1020 starter in a 1.25ltr coke bottles
Well I have been giving the bottle a good shake every other day and squeezing the sides while I crack the cap and let out the pressure
Yeast has been sitting at about 10-15*c during the whole time
There are some very nice clumps of yeast floating around
Cracked the cap fully and had a smell of the yeast today.
Fresh good yeast does not have a strong smell.
Yeast had a slight fruity smell. Smelt like a good yeast should smell like
Yeast is very hardy.
You dont need much yeast to make a starter,
Dont try to make big starters straight up. Start small and grow it
You dont need fancy equipment like stir plates and fancy flasks to make a starter...yes it can help....but you dont need it
Make your 1st starter at about 1020 or even less...
Big SG's are not needed for starters..start your starter small
Yeast will last years in the fridge. Keep your master starters in the fridge with a pure malt wort
Malt has nutrients, Sugar does not