Sparkncode
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Thinking of doing my first starter.
I'm going to have a go at brewing a 9.5% ABV belgium tripel on the weekend using mangroves jacks M31 belgium tripel dry yeast which i foolishly only ordered one pack of and its not worth the courier for another pack.
Liquid yeast is pretty expensive here so I'm using a dry yeast for my first belgium
They claim one pack to 23L but playing arround with beersmith with the ABV that high its saying two packs which I think makes sense
I'm brewing in 4 days so thinking i might do a starter despite them generally not being done for dry yeast.
Not sure how big a starter i would do.
I have a 2L conical flask or a 5L glass fermenter so could use either.
I have got magnetic stir bars but haven't made a magnetic stirer yet although I can assemble one pretty quick if necessary.
Tomorrow is a public holiday here so I have a day to get things sorted.
One snag might be I only have an induction cooktop so I will need to boil DME in a pot then pour through a sanitised funnel. Of course it will need to be allowed to cool first.
Should I do this?
And suggestions?
I'm going to have a go at brewing a 9.5% ABV belgium tripel on the weekend using mangroves jacks M31 belgium tripel dry yeast which i foolishly only ordered one pack of and its not worth the courier for another pack.
Liquid yeast is pretty expensive here so I'm using a dry yeast for my first belgium
They claim one pack to 23L but playing arround with beersmith with the ABV that high its saying two packs which I think makes sense
I'm brewing in 4 days so thinking i might do a starter despite them generally not being done for dry yeast.
Not sure how big a starter i would do.
I have a 2L conical flask or a 5L glass fermenter so could use either.
I have got magnetic stir bars but haven't made a magnetic stirer yet although I can assemble one pretty quick if necessary.
Tomorrow is a public holiday here so I have a day to get things sorted.
One snag might be I only have an induction cooktop so I will need to boil DME in a pot then pour through a sanitised funnel. Of course it will need to be allowed to cool first.
Should I do this?
And suggestions?
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