Shaffer1515
Well-Known Member
So I'll preface this with I've made starters many times before...
Today I was going to make a starter for my brew day Saturday but I had no malt extract so I though oh I'll grab a handful or so of 2 row and make a mini mash then use that to make a starter... and that's exactly what I did. It wasn't til this evening that I realized I didn't really do a boil portion of what you would do a beer. So there lies my question should my starter survive and have sufficient edible sugars for the starter? I took a reading with my refractometer and it read 1.040...
Today I was going to make a starter for my brew day Saturday but I had no malt extract so I though oh I'll grab a handful or so of 2 row and make a mini mash then use that to make a starter... and that's exactly what I did. It wasn't til this evening that I realized I didn't really do a boil portion of what you would do a beer. So there lies my question should my starter survive and have sufficient edible sugars for the starter? I took a reading with my refractometer and it read 1.040...