cweinbrew9
Member
Hello,
I was wondering if anyone could help me lay out the pro's and cons for my started process. I have been building up yeast from top cropping my ales, and am a little concerned with my sanitation. I could boil the starter wort, and pour it into my flask, but ive recently bought one of those electric boil "kettles". So what I've been doing is for example at the 500 mL stage, weighing out 50 grams of DME (then sprinkle in a little yeast nutrients) and adding that to my 1000mL flask. Next I unplug the "kettle" which has my .5 L of water boiling and pour that right into the flask. Cover it with star san sprayed tin foil, try to stir it up a little while not burning myself, and waiting for it to cool. I'm concerned because some DME always ends up at the top of the flasked, so if the water doesn't wash it off when im pouring it in, its probably unlikely to be sanitized right? I live in a very humid place so the DME almost immediately starts clumping. I'm also sure there must be some possible problems I am just missing so I thought a nice Pro- Con list would help me cover everything.
I was wondering if anyone could help me lay out the pro's and cons for my started process. I have been building up yeast from top cropping my ales, and am a little concerned with my sanitation. I could boil the starter wort, and pour it into my flask, but ive recently bought one of those electric boil "kettles". So what I've been doing is for example at the 500 mL stage, weighing out 50 grams of DME (then sprinkle in a little yeast nutrients) and adding that to my 1000mL flask. Next I unplug the "kettle" which has my .5 L of water boiling and pour that right into the flask. Cover it with star san sprayed tin foil, try to stir it up a little while not burning myself, and waiting for it to cool. I'm concerned because some DME always ends up at the top of the flasked, so if the water doesn't wash it off when im pouring it in, its probably unlikely to be sanitized right? I live in a very humid place so the DME almost immediately starts clumping. I'm also sure there must be some possible problems I am just missing so I thought a nice Pro- Con list would help me cover everything.