How much spray malt...?

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How much spray malt...?

Post by Reg » Tue May 23, 2006 10:12 pm

For a 500ml spray malt starter??? :huh:
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Post by johnmac » Tue May 23, 2006 10:16 pm

50g???
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Post by bitter_dave » Tue May 23, 2006 10:21 pm

Wheeler suggests 55g for a half pint starter - and that has worked for me in the past - so I guess for 500 ml starter if you doubled it you would be in the right ballpark.
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Post by Frothy » Wed May 24, 2006 12:40 am

aren't you aiming for 1040 gravity?
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Post by Reg » Wed May 24, 2006 12:52 am

Well final gravity is less of an issue for a starter... ;) If anything from the yeast's point of view more is more... :D
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Post by Reg » Wed May 24, 2006 9:54 am

QUOTE (Daft as a Brush @ May 24 2006, 08:11 AM) I dont belive thats strictly correct Reg, it shouldnt be too rich.
Such is the price of sweeping generalisations... :D I wasn't suggesting dumping a 500g bag in a glass of water! ;)

I guess my point was that the SG of a starter is reasonably unimportant as long as the wort is meaty enough to get a good culture going. Aiming for theoretical SG perfection is a waste of time, near enough will do. :P
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Post by tribs » Wed May 24, 2006 11:56 am

I work off 1g per 10ml which I believe gives 1.030-1.040. Its easy to remember too.
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Post by Reg » Wed May 24, 2006 11:57 am

Fairy snuff.

I will persist in not getting my hydrometer out whilst making a starter though... :P
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Post by Reg » Wed May 24, 2006 6:31 pm

QUOTE (Daft as a Brush @ May 24 2006, 11:31 AM) I've never used a hydro for a starter either as I now know what works, besides you've now got a choice of Metric and English units to measure out your starter thanks to tribs there ;)
I will of course favour the English... :D
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Post by bitter_dave » Wed May 24, 2006 6:59 pm

I'm all for metric personally.

For example, I love a good 0.5682 litres of beer :D
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Post by bitter_dave » Wed May 24, 2006 9:10 pm

QUOTE (Daft as a Brush @ May 24 2006, 07:33 PM) and I bet you savour every millilitrer :lol:
:D I do Daab.

And I spend the 1.61 kilometer walk to my favourite pub in anticipation :D
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