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re: Homebrewing: In-Process Thread
Posted on 6/28/13 at 11:20 am to rds dc
Posted on 6/28/13 at 11:20 am to rds dc
Made my yeast starter yesterday, but it came out thicker than i liked. 2 cups water to 1 cup malt extract. It was very syrupy when i finished, so i boiled another cup of water, let cool, then mixed it with the extract i made earlier.
Weird thing happened. When i opened my white labs vial, it fizzed like a shook up coke can and kind of exploded out of the top. Luckily i kind of expected this, so i held the tube over the funnel going into my starter. However, i feel like i didn't get enough yeast from the vial. Hopefully my worries are for naught.
What size starters do yall make? The suggested starter size i use doesn't seem like much.
Weird thing happened. When i opened my white labs vial, it fizzed like a shook up coke can and kind of exploded out of the top. Luckily i kind of expected this, so i held the tube over the funnel going into my starter. However, i feel like i didn't get enough yeast from the vial. Hopefully my worries are for naught.
What size starters do yall make? The suggested starter size i use doesn't seem like much.
This post was edited on 6/28/13 at 11:22 am
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Posted on 6/28/13 at 11:22 am to BugAC
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Made my yeast starter yesterday, but it came out thicker than i liked. 2 cups water to 1 cup malt extract. It was very syrupy when i finished, so i boiled another cup of water, let cool, then mixed it with the extract i made earlier.
Go metric next time. Much easier. 10:1 water:extract ratio. 1000 ml starter needs 100 grams of extract.
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Hopefully my worries are for naught.
You worry too much, Bug.
Posted on 6/28/13 at 12:15 pm to BugAC
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What size starters do yall make? The suggested starter size i use doesn't seem like much.
I base my starter size on the OG of my beer. During the summer I use bigger starters due to awful conditions when shipping the yeast.
btw I use the 10 ml water to 1 gram dme ratio bottomland mentioned.
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