Timing is tight how? Should I leave it on stir played longer? Like say Saturday morning, then refrigerate?
Also, Kudos to you for jumping right into the deep end here and following through on the plan for your first brew!
Ok so I just got done making my starter. Everything was going great until I started second guessing my directions.
I have a 2L flask. I had the starter with 2 cups of water and 1/2 cup of DME. got through boil, stirred it in, poured it in the flask and it looked like nothing. So i started frantically searching the web and got about 500 different answers on how much water and DME to use. So tried doubling it and mixing together which turned into a mess as I stepped away for 2 seconds to read more and it started overflowing. So finally I dumped that and started over with my original 2 cups water to 1/2 cup DME. I then pitched in the yeast once it was at about 75 degrees and it is now on my stirstarter. I am using WL 007 which actually says it does not need a starter. It also was weird as I thought it was liquid yeast, but said dry on package so I did not smack it. But when I poured it out there was liquid in there and then some clumps. I agitated it real good before starting the stirstater and now it looks like it is all mixed in good.
So did I completely screw it up? Did I make the right amount?
At the very least I got my feet wet. I think I did a good job with the cleaning and sanitation piece. And if I did not second guess what I was doing it would have been great.
Which is better liquid or dry? And any brand recommendations? True beginner here so no idea what I am looking for. Thanks I appreciate the help.
Ok so I just got done making my starter. Everything was going great until I started second guessing my directions. [...]
^got it... no need to decant. Probably couldn't if you tried. Carry on!
The 2 were made from the same wort, with the same hop additions. Only difference was yeast and different containers. I did have transfer issues with the WLP007 and it ended up bring open transfer and not sure if during that process something got contaminated as I had to play around with the keg, the connecters and hoses quite a bit to try and get the beer in the keg. Very different beers right now.
I am really interested in how the next "yeast off" turns out. I had planned on brewing a NE IPA this week with 1318, but a family emergency came up and I will have to do it next week.
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