Yeast starter

[adworld]

I dont have any DME or any malt extract for that matter, I am using a smack pack of Wyeast for a amber i am making.

2 questions:

is a starter required when using a smack pack?

if one is required, what can i use when i dont have any extract?

 

[pabloj13]

I dont have any DME or any malt extract for that matter, I am using a smack pack of Wyeast for a amber i am making.

2 questions:

is a starter required when using a smack pack?

if one is required, what can i use when i dont have any extract?

There are many, many long debates on here about this. What is the OG of your beer? If you have no means of making a starter you can buy some Malta Goya from the grocery store (check the Mexican area).

 

[adworld]

Waldo Lake Amber OG 1063

 

[pabloj13]

Waldo Lake Amber OG 1063

I would recommend a starter for that. Can you find some Malta Goya?

 

[adworld]

I would recommend a starter for that. Can you find some Malta Goya?

Hard to say but there are a couple grocery stores around here that i can check..

how would i make the starter with the Malta Goya?

 

[pabloj13]

Hard to say but there are a couple grocery stores around here that i can check..

how would i make the starter with the Malta Goya?

Santize starter container, pour Malta Goya in, shake, pitch yeast.

 

[adworld]

Santize starter container, pour Malta Goya in, shake, pitch yeast.

whats the ratio thou.. 1/2cup per liter?

 

[pabloj13]

whats the ratio thou.. 1/2cup per liter?

No ratio. It's already prepared. It's basically an unfermented wort. Just dump shake and pitch.

 

[adworld]

No ratio. It's already prepared. It's basically an unfermented wort. Just dump shake and pitch.

actually I can get my hands on some DME.. so i should smack the pack let the nutrients and the yeast mingle for 2-3 hours then pitch into the DME starter?

 

[pabloj13]

actually I can get my hands on some DME.. so i should smack the pack let the nutrients and the yeast mingle for 2-3 hours then pitch into the DME starter?

Yep. That sounds good to me.

 

[adworld]

Yep. That sounds good to me.

cool! :fro:

im as green as they come, so thanks for helping me along

 

[pabloj13]

cool! :fro:

im as green as they come, so thanks for helping me along

I'm pretty green too, but that's what we're all here for.