Homebrewcrazy
Active Member
Guy's,
I'm in desperate need of your expertise on starters and stir plates.
I have been all grain brewing for almost two years, and to date have never had a partially fermented beer. I have always used just Wyeast smack packs and never had a problem. Just recently, I started making starters using the smack packs and combining that with a stir plate. My starters consisted of 2 pints of water to 6oz of DME in a beaker and one Wyeast smack pack for approx 24 hrs prior to pitching. The first batch I tryed this on started with a 1.065 gravity and finished with a 1.030. I chalked it up to faulty yeast and went on to my next batch, which I prepared the starters in the same mannor. Well once again 1.060 starting gravity and a 1.030 finished gravity... First and foremost, "WHAT AM I DOING WRONG"? Second, can I re-pitch yeast to activate the fermentation process again after the primary fermentation has been completed
Please help as I am ready to give up with starters and stir plates and just go back to using a smackpack...
Thanks,
Frank
I'm in desperate need of your expertise on starters and stir plates.
I have been all grain brewing for almost two years, and to date have never had a partially fermented beer. I have always used just Wyeast smack packs and never had a problem. Just recently, I started making starters using the smack packs and combining that with a stir plate. My starters consisted of 2 pints of water to 6oz of DME in a beaker and one Wyeast smack pack for approx 24 hrs prior to pitching. The first batch I tryed this on started with a 1.065 gravity and finished with a 1.030. I chalked it up to faulty yeast and went on to my next batch, which I prepared the starters in the same mannor. Well once again 1.060 starting gravity and a 1.030 finished gravity... First and foremost, "WHAT AM I DOING WRONG"? Second, can I re-pitch yeast to activate the fermentation process again after the primary fermentation has been completed
Please help as I am ready to give up with starters and stir plates and just go back to using a smackpack...
Thanks,
Frank