2L Starter - Boiled Down to 1.6 - Oops! OK or Not?

[Jiffster]

Making a 2L starter (2L water - 7.1 oz DME) today.

I usually boil my starter wort in my 2L flask but this time I boiled it in a pot first. After my boil and cooling I transfered it to my flask and it was 1.6L

Can I go ahead and pitch my yeast or.....?

 

[bucketnative]

You're gravity is about 1.044, so you can either pitch your yeast or add water and drop your gravity to about 1.035... it's up to you.

 

[day_trippr]

There's no point in prolonged boiling of starter wort, anything that's going to be killed will be killed in the first minute of exposure to boiling temperature.
Just bring the water to a boil, turn off the heat, mix in the DME (and nutrients if used) and let it sit for a minute or two before chilling it. I've been doing this for a couple of years now with no ill effects, and it pretty much eliminates any concern about boil-over on the wife's new SS range

Cheers!

 

[Murphys_Law]

There's no point in prolonged boiling of starter wort, anything that's going to be killed will be killed in the first minute of exposure to boiling temperature.
Just bring the water to a boil, turn off the heat, mix in the DME (and nutrients if used) and let it sit for a minute or two before chilling it. I've been doing this for a couple of years now with no ill effects, and it pretty much eliminates any concern about boil-over on the wife's new SS range

Cheers!

I boil the DME and water together but same principle. Once I see bubbles the stove top is turned off and I put the flask in cold/ice water.

 

[catdaddy66]

I boil 10-15 minutes for my starter wort, but I am not using DME. I use 2L of the second runnings from the most recent brew, which come in at 1.015-1.020. The longer boil gets me up to or over 1.030 and volume drops by about an eighth (1.75L). I may or may not step it up, depending on the state of the yeast.

 

[day_trippr]

Right, you're not boiling all that time for sanitation...

Cheers!