Pickngrin
Well-Known Member
I don't have any DME on hand and want to reuse some Wyeast (#1272 American ale II). Some Googling brought up various pages mentioning the use of Malta (that sickly sweet, Latino soft drink that is essentially unfermented wort) and I gave it a shot.
Last night, I poured a 12 ounce bottle into a pyrex flask and added about 10 or so ounces of preboiled, cooled water. Then I poured in the saved yeast (along with some trub that was in the beer bottle) and let it go. It's got a nice thin layer of krausen on it now, less than 24 hours later. No unusual smells.
Brew day is tomorrow or Sunday and this seems ready to pitch.
The Malta cost me $0.50 at the supermarket.
Anyone else ever try this?
Last night, I poured a 12 ounce bottle into a pyrex flask and added about 10 or so ounces of preboiled, cooled water. Then I poured in the saved yeast (along with some trub that was in the beer bottle) and let it go. It's got a nice thin layer of krausen on it now, less than 24 hours later. No unusual smells.
Brew day is tomorrow or Sunday and this seems ready to pitch.
The Malta cost me $0.50 at the supermarket.
Anyone else ever try this?