I want to brew on Memorial Day. I’m going to be out of town all weekend and I want to know how early I can make my starter. I was thinking of making it Thursday - gone Friday through Sunday - and brewing on Monday.
That’s definitely not too soon. I make my starters 5-7 days in advance so they can ferment out and I can chill and decant them.
Thanks Denny. That’s the answer I was hoping for.
Memorial day brewing… Nahhhh… Drinking day!!!
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I decant all of my starters, so I always allow time for cold crashing.
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I decant all of my starters, so I always allow time for cold crashing.[/quote]
What do you mean by “decant”? I’ve seen it on the message board before, but I don’t know what it is.
+1 on drinking beer on Memorial Day. When its you’re only free day and supplies are running low, you gotta brew!
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I decant all of my starters, so I always allow time for cold crashing.[/quote]
What do you mean by “decant”? I’ve seen it on the message board before, but I don’t know what it is.
+1 on drinking beer on Memorial Day. When its you’re only free day and supplies are running low, you gotta brew![/quote]
Decanting is pouring off the “Beer” from on top of the yeast cake after cold-crashing the starter. I do it as well. I started doing it for bigger lagers where a huge starter is necessary, but now I decant all of my starters.
