brewser7
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I've read the numerous threads about yeast starters and went to Mr. Matly.com and all that but I just want to make sure I'm doing this right since I'm a yeastie virgin.
I washed my yeast on Thursday of last week (10 days ago) and I'm using one of the jars from that for tomorrow's brew day. Some say I can just pitch that and I'll have enough and other say I need a 1L starter. I'm going middle of the road and doing a .5L starter. I went to the LHBS and bought some Extra Light DME. I don't have a scale (ordered one 15 minutes ago) so I did some calculations to get my starter. I'm using 1 pint of water and 2oz DME (per my calculations).
Here is what I've done so far, can you let me know if I'm doing this right.
Boiling DME in water (2oz DME, 1 pint of water)
Put boiled "wort" into next smallest container I had and let it cool.
Once it is cool, I will pour off the beer and put the yeast (below) into container above.
While waiting, I will enjoy some chili.
Is this correct or do I need to make some adjustments. Any and all help is appreciated.
Cheers!
I washed my yeast on Thursday of last week (10 days ago) and I'm using one of the jars from that for tomorrow's brew day. Some say I can just pitch that and I'll have enough and other say I need a 1L starter. I'm going middle of the road and doing a .5L starter. I went to the LHBS and bought some Extra Light DME. I don't have a scale (ordered one 15 minutes ago) so I did some calculations to get my starter. I'm using 1 pint of water and 2oz DME (per my calculations).
Here is what I've done so far, can you let me know if I'm doing this right.
Boiling DME in water (2oz DME, 1 pint of water)
Put boiled "wort" into next smallest container I had and let it cool.
Once it is cool, I will pour off the beer and put the yeast (below) into container above.
While waiting, I will enjoy some chili.
Is this correct or do I need to make some adjustments. Any and all help is appreciated.
Cheers!