Yeast starter

[titletowngirl]

What do we need to prepare a yeast starter? Have heard many things and just want to get it right.

 

[JoeyChopps]

Without a scale a easy resipe is one cup dme and 4 cups water

 

[ScrewyBrewer]

1. Smack the liquid yeast pack and allow it to swell as stated in the directions. (3-24 hours).

2. Boil 1/2 cup of light DME in 2 cups of water for 10 minutes leaving the lid on and allow it to cool to 70F.

3. Sanitize the stirplate flask and stir bar then pour in the cool wort and liquid yeast and cover with sanitized tin foil.

4. Place stirplate flask and stir bar on the stir plate and allow to spin for 48 hours maintaining 70F.


Yeast Harvesting, Ranching And Starters

 

[Thehopguy]

I havent seen any other directions say to leave the lid on, what is the reason for this?

 

[Thehopguy]

But my advice would be to check out Mr Maltys pitching calculator to find out how much water to use for the specific brew you are going to do. Use the 10:1 ratio for DME and then allow to ferment out.

 

[badbrew]

tons of youtube vids on this.

 

[gmcastil]

I made my first yeast starter last night and used this as my guide:

White Labs

Scroll about halfway down the page. There are instructions for making the starter which depend upon your circumstances. Also,

Mrmalty.com

 

[Begin2Brew]

I havent seen any other directions say to leave the lid on, what is the reason for this?

I leave the lid on and let it cool overnight. leaving the lid on will sanitize it so it can sit until the next morning without risk of bad bugs getting in your starter wort.