yeast starter...no dme

[JAWSFREE]

can i make a 1000ml starter wort with just grain on the stove top? how much grain? water? any ideas?
thanks
jason

[Kaiser]

can i make a 1000ml starter wort with just grain on the stove top? how much grain? water? any ideas?
thanks
jason

You need to mill and mash the grain to get fermentable sugars. You can lauter them through a colander.

Kai

[bub]

you can... but why...why not just use DME?
BUB

[ubriaco]

Just use sugar, thats all I ever use unless I have some last runnings available, then I just supplement those with sugar to get the gravity up.

[SunkenBier]

doing it with whole grain would be a waste, almost as much effort as making the beer itself. I would recommend something which already has its sugars converted.

[JAWSFREE]

i don't have any dme and no brewshop in my town.

[Bugeater]

can i make a 1000ml starter wort with just grain on the stove top? how much grain? water? any ideas?
thanks
jason

I do this quite often. I use about a pound of grain in about a quart and a half or 2 quarts of water. I mash in a 1 gallon drink cooler at about 150° for 45 minutes and then dump the whole works into a large strainer. I then sparge the same way with another quart of so of hot water. Really easy mini mash/batch sparge technique.

Wayne
Bugeater Brewing Company

[Speyedr]

can i make a 1000ml starter wort with just grain on the stove top? how much grain? water? any ideas?
thanks
jason

I do this quite often. I use about a pound of grain in about a quart and a half or 2 quarts of water. I mash in a 1 gallon drink cooler at about 150° for 45 minutes and then dump the whole works into a large strainer. I then sparge the same way with another quart of so of hot water. Really easy mini mash/batch sparge technique.

Wayne
Bugeater Brewing Company

See, now THAT'S Homebrewin' ingenuity!!