Life of a starter

[benzy4010]

Just made. Starter around noon today, can I pitch it by noon tomorrow ?

 

[Stauffbier]

How big of a starter did you make? What strain of yeast is it? What is your expected OG for tomorrows brew?

 

[benzy4010]

32 ounces of water and one vile of white labs Belgian wit. Og is supposed to be 1.047

 

[benzy4010]

I put it in a glass bottle and stored it in my closet. Where should I put it

 

[brettwasbtd]

A 1 quart start is usual fine for pitching the entire contents into the beer. I am not a huge fan of this practice, especially on larger starters so I do my starters 3-4 days ahead of time so I can refrigerate and then decant the yeast. With a one quart starter just pitch it all in tomorrow

 

[benzy4010]

Just keep it around what temp till tomorrow?

 

[braceful]

70-75. Assuming no stir plate? Give it a swirl every half hour or so.

 

[Stauffbier]

A 1 quart start is usual fine for pitching the entire contents into the beer. I am not a huge fan of this practice, especially on larger starters so I do my starters 3-4 days ahead of time so I can refrigerate and then decant the yeast. With a one quart starter just pitch it all in tomorrow

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Just swirl it as often as you can. I like to make my starters at 65-70F, but 70-75F will likely be just fine.

 

[petey_c]

32 ounces of water and one vile of white labs Belgian wit. Og is supposed to be 1.047

I didn't see you mentioning any DME/sugars...

 

[benzy4010]

+ one cup of DME