mjrinkenbaugh
Active Member
Howdy all!
I'm starting on my first "big beer" this weekend. I want to boil tomorrow evening and I'm going to start a yeast starter in about an hour. I'm doing an IPA hoping for about 10%. I'm using an ingredient kit with extra LME to boost the ABV. I have a 1 gallon jug that I want to make the starter in and I purchased 1 lb. of light DME to make the starter with. Any suggestions for this? I thought about boiling maybe 1/2-3/4 gallon of water with 1 cup or 1.5 cups of DME, letting it go for 24 hours, chilling it off so the yeast will settle at the bottom, pouring some of the wort out, swirling the slurry back up into the little bit of remaining wort and pitching the 1/4 gallon or so of yeast slurry...
...thoughts??
THANKS!
Mike
I'm starting on my first "big beer" this weekend. I want to boil tomorrow evening and I'm going to start a yeast starter in about an hour. I'm doing an IPA hoping for about 10%. I'm using an ingredient kit with extra LME to boost the ABV. I have a 1 gallon jug that I want to make the starter in and I purchased 1 lb. of light DME to make the starter with. Any suggestions for this? I thought about boiling maybe 1/2-3/4 gallon of water with 1 cup or 1.5 cups of DME, letting it go for 24 hours, chilling it off so the yeast will settle at the bottom, pouring some of the wort out, swirling the slurry back up into the little bit of remaining wort and pitching the 1/4 gallon or so of yeast slurry...
...thoughts??
THANKS!
Mike