How long per step in a yeast starter

[Craigerrr]

Krausen now died down and bubbles slowed. Took 48 hours but now cold crashing in the garage with forecast 0 deg C overnight tomorrow if I can wait.

I’ll boil up another 2L of DME solution ready to do step 2 and then brew my saison at the weekend hopefully with 600bn cells ready to go to work. Woop woop.

BTW, ref the supernatant definition - who knew centrifugation wasn’t a made up word either!

We are an edumucated bunch here on BF!

 

[sbaclimber]

I just moved the stir plate upstairs and spun up a new starter. Definitely a lot more krausen! (it is really fresh yeast...)

....and today, I have yeast goo everywhere!
Guess, somewhere between 10° and 20°C might be best (or a smaller starter, than 2L in a 2l Erlenmeyer....)

 

[GFHomebrew]

....and today, I have yeast goo everywhere!
Guess, somewhere between 10° and 20°C might be best (or a smaller starter, than 2L in a 2l Erlenmeyer....)

Amen! First flask I bought was a 1lt flask used it a few times and realised i needed to go bigger. I went middle of the road 3lt flask I do 2.5lt starter safely in it. But id go smaller with a more expressive yeast like wheat bier of kolsch ha.
Honestly I havnt made a starter in ages being on the kviek train and when using lager yeast I've just been using slurry for a time or three then starting fresh again.

 

[Mark Farrall]

When you're doing the starter you're focusing on growing healthy yeast, so you can stop any time after you've reached high krausen. You'll miss out on a few extra cells, but the yeast will be at their healthiest as they haven't spent much of their resources on actually fermenting the wort. Though it's not really that big a deal if you miss it. Last few of mine have fermented out while I haven't been paying attention and still perform really well in the final batch.

 

[Donoroto]

Thanks and I will drink to your health.

The thing I like most about Germany is the Fluids.

 

[Nosybear]

The thing I like most about Germany is the Fluids.

Mir sind lieber die Maedels.

 

[Donoroto]

Mir sind lieber die Maedels.

bin verheiratet. Beer is safer, gets me in less trouble.

 

[sbaclimber]

The thing I like most about Germany is the Fluids.

The older I get, the more I like the socialized health care.

 

[Nosybear]

The older I get, the more I like the socialized health care.

And the people said, amen.

 

[Hawkbox]

I've liked it all my life, but my mom nearly died when I was 15 so my world view is probably affected by that.

 

[Beer Foundry]

Ok, second step finished. What’s this stratification all about then?

 

[Nosybear]

It's trub, then yeast, then highly flocculant yeast (from the bottom up). Just decant the liquid then dump the rest in to ferment.

 

[Beer Foundry]

Thanks @Nosybear. Will do and I’ll report back on the results.

 

[GFHomebrew]

Looks like there's a bit to drop yet pop it in the fridge I would unless your itching to brew

 

[Beer Foundry]

Good shout @Trialben. Left it overnight and it settled in to two clear layers, trub and nice white yeast. Brewing this morning.

 

[Beer Foundry]

Pitched the slurry and the airlock was bubbling within 4 hours. Magic.

 

[Donoroto]

Yep, that's what happens with happy, hungry yeasties at their peak of readiness. Glad it worked so well!

 

[Hawkbox]

Bingo bango. You've got a yeast starter done. Nice work.

 

[Beer Foundry]

I know. Cool.

One of those milestones in the journey from beginner to intermediate brewer. Next challenge - water treatment? Yeast harvesting? Use a beer gun to fill bottles? Get a stainless FV?

 

[Hawkbox]

Any or all of the above? Yeast harvesting is the one thing in that list that you can legitimately do to save money though. So might be a good starting point. Then you can justify that fancy stainless fermenter because you saved so much money on yeast.