Keithww said:That looks good to me. Did you use a stir plate? That looks like mine about 10 minutes after I take it off the stir plate.
That looks good to me. Did you use a stir plate? That looks like mine about 10 minutes after I take it off the stir plate.
No stir plate. I just have been shaking it every time I pass it in the house.
rhamilton said:Yep don't mess with it like the poster above recommended (like putting your nappy hands all over the opening) -- the sediment at the bottom is your indicator that your yeast is happy and reproducing without going into full fermentation mode.
Covering the foil with your "nappy" hands would merely reassure you that you have active yeast
Yea that makes more sense. And srry -- I'm just pissed because I came home from Labor Day to two infected batches. This months theme: "Excessive Sanitation"
rhamilton said:Yea that makes more sense. And srry -- I'm just pissed because I came home from Labor Day to two infected batches. This months theme: "Excessive Sanitation"
How about reviewing your sanitation methods/practices and see where things went sideways??
That sucks man...one bad batch kills me, can't imagine two! You gonna ride them out like everyone suggests, or dump them?
Is this normal? I just checked my starter and noticed this?
Yep. All is well
I thought it might be an infection when I first looked at it?
Give it a swirl... If it forms up, you're going well. How long ago did you make the starter???
It has been about 24 hours.
When you swirl it and nothing happens, it's probably done. Expect that to be in the next 12-48 hours. As I mentioned earlier, starters without stirplates take much longer to complete. You also need to make larger starters when you don't use a stirplate.
I know, I use MrMalty. :rockin:
Then where's your stirplate???
It's my next purchase.
This is another reason you'll never see me using the 'no chill' method (if I have any say on it). I have wort chillers to use that make short work of chilling my wort. I use plate chillers to do this, with the newer one being a longer version of the one I first purchased. I'm considering selling the older, shorter, chiller once I've used the new one a few more times. Or I'll use them in tandem to chill even faster, or larger batches just as fast.
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