Starter question

[Kennanwt5]

Can I make a starter now and let it sit a couple weeks before I pitch?

 

[flars]

As long as you refrigerate it, yes.

 

[Samuelouellette]

Yes but I would personally do a bit bigger starter then usual just to have a more vigorous fermentation in case those dormant yeast gets lazy.

 

[F_R_O_G]

can you make a starter now and pitch it in a few weeks? yes

will the yeast be as healthy and make as good beer as you would get from a fresh starter? no

 

[hottpeper13]

Why go to all that trouble to make a starter and then let it sit? The most I do is 4 days to settle out for decanting and thats a kolsch yeast,most settle in 1-2 days. That being said I've been making starters closer to brew day and pitching at high krausen for a lag time of only 6-8 hrs.as for repitching it's rack and rinse same day as pitching. I never make a starter from rinsed yeast if it gets old (I make bread out of it) I save a portion of each starter to make a new one with,so that yeast has only been in 35-40 GU and no hops. So far so good.

 

[brewprint]

I do it a lot and it works. I get a more vigorous and faster fermentation if I just dump right in without decanting or keeping in the fridge. The brew day has to line up perfect with when the starter is finished though. I'm doing a starter tonight and I'll probably put in the fridge for a day though since I'm probably doing it too early for a Saturday brew. Oh well it'll still turn out the same I'm sure.