No-boil starter?

[2bluewagons]

So this is one of those Here's-what-I-did-is-it-bad threads.

I needed to make a starter for brewing this weekend but did not have access to a pot or stovetop. So instead I added DME and yeast nutrient to a sanitized 1-gallon jug, and then added ~190 degree water that had been boiled in the microwave and cooled a bit. I managed to not shatter the glass jug, and shook it all up and it seemed to dissolve pretty well.

So anyone make starters this way? I know there are no-boil beer kits so I figure this can't be that far off.

 

[IrregularPulse]

What was the water when you added it to everything?

 

[2bluewagons]

The water was between 180-190 if that's what you are asking. The DME was warm as I had been preheating the jug to lessen the chances of shattering it with the hot water.

 

[cactusgarrett]

What temp was it at when you added the yeast?

 

[2bluewagons]

You mean 190 is bad for yeast?

It was in a water bath at 70, having cooled for a few hours.

 

[cactusgarrett]

Just making sure. You can't put some things past some people...

 

[wired247]

One pasteurization unit ( PU ) = one minute at 140 degrees F . One minute at 165 is 100 PU and it will kill anything capable of living in beer. Hotter or faster and it doesnt make bacteria more deaderrer.

 

[kawickstrom]

I have always made my starters like this. Just a 1000ml of hot water around 170 degrees, add 1/2 lb of DME, shake, add yeast and starter is made. Nothing to it.

 

[SwampassJ]

I have always made my starters like this. Just a 1000ml of hot water around 170 degrees, add 1/2 lb of DME, shake, add yeast and starter is made. Nothing to it.

That is a lot of DME for a 1L starter. Beersmith says you're at 1.086

 

[crhuda]

I didn't even boil anything, just santized a growler added 1LB DME and yeast pack with nutrients to room temperature tap water. Did it last night, smells yeasty this AM. Hope it works....

 

[cactusgarrett]

For fear of feeding a troll (?), why would you sanitize your container, then add non-boiled tap water?

 

[Handsaw]

So, how did the beer turn out? It has had time to go bad if it was going to. If the beer is ok I may start making my starters that way (without the family distractions).

 

[crhuda]

And to answer teh question why I sanitized but used tap water, I am also a baker, I clean and sanitize my work surface and utensils but always use tap water with my yeasts and sourdough starters. Seemed logical to me - beer is liquid bread right?