First starter, but I'm cheap.

[DrunkinIrish]

Can you use corn sugar for making a starter?(I have a bunch laying around)

 

[Hello]

You could but you don't want to. Here's my answer to a post from the other day...

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f39/why-malt-needed-make-starter-486054/#post6297751

 

[Spectre216]

You should use DME so that the yeast are used to eating the malt sugar. If you use corn sugar they grow a taste for the simple sugars and don't like to eat the maltose (i think that's the sugar) that makes up most of the sugar in the wort.

 

[boydster]

You really need to use wort. Sugar is devoid of nutrients, and won't help you grow healthy yeast. Here's an experiment Braukaiser did showing the difference between yeast grown with sugar vs. wort: http://braukaiser.com/blog/blog/2013/07/07/yeast-growth-on-malt-and-sugar/

 

[Hermit]

I like to add a little sugar to my starter to give the yeast an easy start. Just a little though.

 

[rhys333]

Can you use corn sugar for making a starter?(I have a bunch laying around)

If you want to cheap out, just mash a little 2 row instead of using DME. Way cheaper, and some say the yeast will respond better.

 

[DrunkinIrish]

If you want to cheap out, just mash a little 2 row instead of using DME. Way cheaper, and some say the yeast will respond better.

Hmmm. I may try this. It would be cheaper and it would give me a small taste of all grain before I went full scale.

 

[rhys333]

Hmmm. I may try this. It would be cheaper and it would give me a small taste of all grain before I went full scale.

Easy to do too. Just mash the required amount in a small pot, strain after an hour, boil then cool, and you're off to the races

 

[Hermit]

Better yet, do a full batch and pressure can it.