Starter Question

Man, if it's not one thing it's something else with this hobby! LOL

Per Mr. Malty:

"Use a 10 to 1 ratio. Add 1 gram of DME for every 10 ml of final volume. (If you're making a 2 liter starter, add water to 200 grams of DME until you have 2 liters total.) Add ¼ teaspoon of yeast nutrient, boil 15 minutes, cool, and add yeast."

Problem is after a 15 minute boil, I'm down to 1/2 my original volume or 500 ML approx. I'm trying to make a 1.02L starter.

So how do you properly do this?

Not sure how you are boiling but you shouldn't lose that much or at least I never have.
Are you boiling in a flask or a pot?

In a little sauce pan...I don't have a flask.

I used the pan with no lid but I'll just try it again with the lid.

The only thing I can think of is that you're getting one hell of a boil going.

I would see if you can bring the boil down a few notches (assuming this is the issue). Since it's a starter we don't really care about hotbreak or anything that we typically get from a good boil.

Just start off with more water to account for the boil off.