switters
Well-Known Member
Okay, not urgent in the big picture sense. It's just a batch of beer. But...
I'm doing a PM batch and am currently heating up my strike water for the mash. I made a yeast starter a few days ago, refrigerated it last night, and took it out of the fridge at 6:00 this morning to bring it to room temp. It's been cold in my house today, though, and the starter is still only at 56-57 degrees.
My understanding is that I want the yeast to be as close to the temperature of the cooled wort as possible. The starter is warming up *very* slowly. What's the safest way to speed this process up? I thought of putting it in the sun outside, but it's probably not good to expose the yeast to direct sunlight is it? A heating pad wrapped around the jar? It's a large starter (2.7 liters), so maybe that's why it's taking so long to come to room temp.
Thanks again!
I'm doing a PM batch and am currently heating up my strike water for the mash. I made a yeast starter a few days ago, refrigerated it last night, and took it out of the fridge at 6:00 this morning to bring it to room temp. It's been cold in my house today, though, and the starter is still only at 56-57 degrees.
My understanding is that I want the yeast to be as close to the temperature of the cooled wort as possible. The starter is warming up *very* slowly. What's the safest way to speed this process up? I thought of putting it in the sun outside, but it's probably not good to expose the yeast to direct sunlight is it? A heating pad wrapped around the jar? It's a large starter (2.7 liters), so maybe that's why it's taking so long to come to room temp.
Thanks again!