Dry yeast starter photos

BOBTHEukBREWER · 12-04-2008, 02:04 PM

OK I rehydrate the yeast, then I add sugar and wait for a meringue type head and pitch onto the wort. Isn't that a starter?

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BOBTHEukBREWER · 12-04-2008, 02:05 PM

Need more help with adding photos, please

BOBTHEukBREWER · 12-04-2008, 02:07 PM

I got the photos in photobucket, what next?

Kilgore_Trout · 12-04-2008, 02:10 PM

I picked 4 at random for you.

Brew-Happy · 12-04-2008, 02:11 PM

In the section called Image Link Code, highlight and copy the url in the box labeled IMG.

It should have the appropriate verbage to post here.

Edit: I will remove kitty when you are done. Bye Christmas Kitty!

BOBTHEukBREWER · 12-04-2008, 02:18 PM

thanks for the help....[IMG]http://i714.photobucket.com/albums/ww150/bobtheukbrew

dontman · 12-04-2008, 04:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BOBTHEukBREWER

OK I rehydrate the yeast, then I add sugar and wait for a meringue type head and pitch onto the wort. Isn't that a starter?

Looks delicious but when you say you add "sugar" you mean DME right? not just sugar?

Sugar is bad for starters because it prepares the yeast to ferment that type of sugar to the exclusion of malt sugars. You would do more harm for your beer doing a starter this way than by doing none. Especially with dry yeast.

Check out the thread: Fourteen Essential Questions About Yeast Starters

It talks about the reasons why dry yeasts do not require a starter.

**EdWort** · 12-04-2008, 04:46 PM

Dry yeast only needs to be hydrated with water. No sugar is necessary, no starter either.

Good job on the pictorial though. It shows the strength and power of dry yeast!!