Thu Sep 30, 2010 12:51 pm
Jbug wrote:I have a second part to the question... I'm going to brew this on Sunday... Should I make up my starter Friday or today...
You can just make the starter the morning of your brew day. This will wake the yeast up and get them going to "Brew Strong". Works well, or you can make the starter several days in advance and ferment the starter all the way out. Chill and on the day of brewing decant off the beer on top of the yeast and then wake up the yeast with fresh wort on top of the yeast. This really propagates the yeast. For lagers this is the way to go.
For ales the starter done on the day of brewing or the night before is just fine. Just MHO.
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