Kolsch II Starter

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About to do a Kolsch with Wyeast 2575 Kolsch II was just wondering if this starter should be kept at around 60F as I want it to turn out less estery and more of a clean taste dont know if a starter will effect taste or not. As ambient Temp is about 75 ish which seems to warm for this strain. Suggestions???

Thanks :tank:
 
You'll get more yeast growth the warmer your keep the starter (up to 90F +), but yeast viability at these higher temperatures start to suffer. For lager yeast, this can be a real problem in creating more petite mutants and causing poor flocculation. In general, keep the temperature of the starter in the mid 70s Fahrenheit for ale yeast and a few degrees lower for lager yeast.
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Your starter should not affect ester production in the final beer unless you abuse the starter yeast in some way that causes mutation to occur (IMO). Personally, I wouldn't worry.


- Mike
 
Yeah, that little volume compared to the final volume won't affect flavor that much, if at all.
 

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