I smuggled home a brew kit from London as a kid and brewed it in the basement. That was my last brew day.
I boiled 60 grams of light DME in a 3000 ml Erlenmeyer flask with 600 ml of water. I also added a cap of yeast nutrient and a couple drops of foam control. I boiled it for 15 minutes and cooled it in a water bath. I pitched a smack pack of Wyeast 1056 American Ale yeast and used an oxygen tank to add back some oxygen. I covered it in foil and placed it in a temperature controlled small refrigerator set to 69 degrees.
I hope to step it up in a day or two with 2000ml of wart if this first stage seems to be working. I want to get up to a 3000ml starter for a 9 gallon batch of a low gravity beer that I plan on fermenting in two corny kegs.
I am very nervous... Not just because by the minute I am the proud papa of millions of new yeast babies... There might have been some Star San in the tube that I used to add the oxygen to the yeast and wort. Though I mixed it by the directions I hope that a bit of Star San water does not mess with my starter. I have been researching and building my system for 4 months and I really want this to work.
