starter: light struck

[scottfro]

i'm wondering if its a good idea to protect your starters from light like you would a carboy of fermenting beer or is the volume just too small to make an significant skunky flavor change on the beer when you pour it in?

 

[Professor Frink]

I would protect it from light, but skunky flavor actually comes from UV rays interacting with the hop oils.

 

[scottfro]

thanks....i do have a single hop pellet in there as well to help protect from contamination......

 

[malkore]

if you sanitize properly, contamination shouldn't be a concern.