Rover
Well-Known Member
I was going to brew a Hefe today with WLP300 (first time using a liquid yeast) so I made a 1L starter with 6oz of DME yesterday and it's looking good.
The mistake I made was using light malt extract for the starter. Shouldn't I have used the wheat extract? I understand that there's a certain percentage of malt in the wheat DME and I don't want to throw off the proper balance for the style.
Should I wait till tomorrow to brew, decant, then remove most of the liquid. or should I relax and just add the whole starter to the wort?
Another question to avoid another mistake.
There is almost 1/2 a gallon of starter. Should I end up with 4 1/2 gal after the boil and add the starter to make the 5 gal, or should i just add the starter and end up with 5 1/2 gal of wort.
I know I'm probably being a little to anal but I'm starting to make good beer and I want to keep the ball rolling.
Thanks for your help
CB
The mistake I made was using light malt extract for the starter. Shouldn't I have used the wheat extract? I understand that there's a certain percentage of malt in the wheat DME and I don't want to throw off the proper balance for the style.
Should I wait till tomorrow to brew, decant, then remove most of the liquid. or should I relax and just add the whole starter to the wort?
Another question to avoid another mistake.
There is almost 1/2 a gallon of starter. Should I end up with 4 1/2 gal after the boil and add the starter to make the 5 gal, or should i just add the starter and end up with 5 1/2 gal of wort.
I know I'm probably being a little to anal but I'm starting to make good beer and I want to keep the ball rolling.
Thanks for your help
CB