yeast starter

So I was going make a yeast starter but how much DME to water should I use?

 

A good rule of thumb is a 10:1 ratio, so for a 1 liter starter you'll want to use 100 grams of DME. Using metric for these makes it a ton easier.

 

I dont think need a that much what about 1pt of water/DME??

 

So for 16Oz of water 1.6 of DME??

 

I go for a starting gravity of my starter of between 1.03 and 1.04, depending on the style/time of starter/starter steps required. I almost always make it 1.04 and using this I have had my wort fermentation kick off within an hour!

 

Ill only be doing it for about 24hour too.

 

1L should be the minimum starter size, otherwise you won't get enough yeast (see http://www.mrmalty.com/starter_faq.php). 24 hours should be fine for the timing, though. That's my usual timing.

 

I did I 1pt starter most likly ill go 2x thst next time. But it worked out. Im thinking about harvesting yeast from a starter to save, could that work?

 

Yes, I do it all the time. There are a bunch of posts on this.

 

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Slainte

 

I saw a,lot of posts of yeast washing but ill look again for large starter

 

Here's a good article for harvesting from a starter. Basically, you make a starter .5L larger than you need and decant off the extra. http://www.homebrewtalk.com/entries/yeast-harvesting-novel-approach.html

 

I stumbled across that too. That's a good one and how I'm doing it.