Corn Sugar Starter???

bearkluttz · 08-19-2008, 10:21 PM

Is it possible to make a starter with just water and corn sugar? I have heard of people doing it but thought i'd get a few more opnions on it. Thanks in advance.

Eskimo Spy · 08-19-2008, 10:24 PM

From a trusted source:

Mr Malty on starters

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Originally Posted by Mr Malty

Use an all malt wort for starters. The sugar in the starter needs to be maltose, not simple sugar. Yeast that have been eating a lot of simple sugars stop making the enzyme that enable it to break down maltose, which is the main sugar in wort. The yeast quickly learn to be lazy and the ability to fully attenuate a batch of beer suffers.

**niquejim** · 08-20-2008, 02:13 AM

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Originally Posted by bearkluttz

Is it possible to make a starter with just water and corn sugar? I have heard of people doing it but thought i'd get a few more opnions on it. Thanks in advance.

Go to any Grocer and buy Malta Goya and mix it 50/50% with water and you have a 1.030+/- starter

Professor Frink · 08-20-2008, 02:16 AM

I wouldn't. Doing a starter with corn sugar will put the yeast into a fermentation phase that is not ideal for fermenting wort.