yeast starter...no dme
Posted: Fri Jul 14, 2006 2:54 am
by JAWSFREE
can i make a 1000ml starter wort with just grain on the stove top? how much grain? water? any ideas?
thanks
jason
Re: yeast starter...no dme
Posted: Fri Jul 14, 2006 4:09 am
by Kaiser
JAWSFREE wrote: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
Posted: Fri Jul 14, 2006 4:35 am
by bub
you can... but why...why not just use DME?
BUB
Posted: Fri Jul 14, 2006 4:55 am
by 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.
Posted: Fri Jul 14, 2006 8:42 am
by 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.
Posted: Sat Jul 15, 2006 9:41 am
by JAWSFREE
i don't have any dme and no brewshop in my town.
Re: yeast starter...no dme
Posted: Sat Jul 15, 2006 10:32 am
by Bugeater
JAWSFREE wrote: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
Re: yeast starter...no dme
Posted: Mon Jul 17, 2006 10:23 am
by Speyedr
BugeaterBrewing wrote:JAWSFREE wrote: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!!