I've created detailed instructions which I pulled from different books, websites and forums on how to create a yeast starter for my IPA. The main reason for this is to be almost a script for when I actually do the yeast starter...I'll just print this out so that I don't forget anything or screw it up otherwise. Please let me know if I have something wrong or make any suggestions...Thanks!
How to Create a Yeast Starter
Ferocious IPA extract kit from Midwest.
OG = 1.064-1.068
FG = 1.012-1.018
IBUs ≈ 82
Sanitize: flask, stirbar, pot lid, thermometer, and foil to cover flask, and funnel
Boil just over 1 quart of water and then stir in 1 cup of Munton & Fison Light Dry Malt Extract while continuing to boiling. Boil for 15 min, stirring regularly. Cool the wort by placing it into an ice bath in kitchen sink (be sure not to get any ice water into the wort), agitate pot to cool wort faster. When wort is 80 degree F or below, pour starter wort into flask using a funnel. Then add a 1/2 teaspoon of yeast nutrient to the flask. Pitch White Labs 007 English Ale yeast into flask as well as the stir bar. Then cover the flask with a piece of foil and place on stirplate. Turn on stirplate and wait roughly 2 days. Once kraeusen has been attained, place flask in fridge for a day to allow yeast slurry to settle. On brew day, take flask out of fridge about an hour before you begin to make your wort. Decant any beer that formed on top of the yeast layer by carefully pouring it out of the flask. This helps ensure that there will be no off flavors from the yeast starter.
How to Create a Yeast Starter
Ferocious IPA extract kit from Midwest.
OG = 1.064-1.068
FG = 1.012-1.018
IBUs ≈ 82
Sanitize: flask, stirbar, pot lid, thermometer, and foil to cover flask, and funnel
Boil just over 1 quart of water and then stir in 1 cup of Munton & Fison Light Dry Malt Extract while continuing to boiling. Boil for 15 min, stirring regularly. Cool the wort by placing it into an ice bath in kitchen sink (be sure not to get any ice water into the wort), agitate pot to cool wort faster. When wort is 80 degree F or below, pour starter wort into flask using a funnel. Then add a 1/2 teaspoon of yeast nutrient to the flask. Pitch White Labs 007 English Ale yeast into flask as well as the stir bar. Then cover the flask with a piece of foil and place on stirplate. Turn on stirplate and wait roughly 2 days. Once kraeusen has been attained, place flask in fridge for a day to allow yeast slurry to settle. On brew day, take flask out of fridge about an hour before you begin to make your wort. Decant any beer that formed on top of the yeast layer by carefully pouring it out of the flask. This helps ensure that there will be no off flavors from the yeast starter.