Stop and Start Starter

[jec52]

OK, so I have made a Stir-Plate but I don't trust my electrical skills enough to leave it on overnight. If I wanted to brew on Sunday could I set the starter up on Saturday, leave it running during the day, turn the Stir-Plate off at night, and then re-start it on the Sunday morning?

Would that, a) give it enough time, and b) not bugger it up?

Thanks in advance!

 

[Riot]

You probably don't even need to restart the stirplate as long as you have it going early. Unless you're using seriously old yeast a stirred starter should be done in 20 hours max. In your scenario, I would leave it on until I went to bed and figure it is fine to cold crash by morning. It won't stop fermenting because the plate stops, and it won't have much sugar left after 12+ hours agitated.

 

[jec52]

Thanks for the help!