RobW944
Member
Hey all,
Had a question about yeast starters. I recently used a can of Propper I picked up at a local HB store for a starter, first time I used it I had previously just made starters from boiling water and adding DME. But a guy got to thinking…DME is pretty cheap and at the low end a can of Propper/Fast Pitch is $4 or so (at least that’s what I paid at HB store). But I was thinking that all the liquid is is boiled wort without hops. Has anyone made their own starter similar to a can of Propper for longer term storage? I would think that if you boil up some wort with DME, cool, and bottle, would it hold for weeks/months to just be able to crack open a bottle and dump it in the flask with the yeast for a starter? I searched YouTube for some videos to see if anyone does this and didn’t really find anything. Is there something I’m overlooking that would make this not feasible to do at home and have bottles on hand of boiled wort to use instead of paying higher prices for the commercial canned stuff?
Had a question about yeast starters. I recently used a can of Propper I picked up at a local HB store for a starter, first time I used it I had previously just made starters from boiling water and adding DME. But a guy got to thinking…DME is pretty cheap and at the low end a can of Propper/Fast Pitch is $4 or so (at least that’s what I paid at HB store). But I was thinking that all the liquid is is boiled wort without hops. Has anyone made their own starter similar to a can of Propper for longer term storage? I would think that if you boil up some wort with DME, cool, and bottle, would it hold for weeks/months to just be able to crack open a bottle and dump it in the flask with the yeast for a starter? I searched YouTube for some videos to see if anyone does this and didn’t really find anything. Is there something I’m overlooking that would make this not feasible to do at home and have bottles on hand of boiled wort to use instead of paying higher prices for the commercial canned stuff?