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Ted Grudzinski
Junior Member
Username: Tgrudzin
Post Number: 79
Registered: 08-2003
Posted From: 67.174.25.2
| | Posted on Tuesday, January 03, 2006 - 04:36 am: | 
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While smacking my pack of Wyeast pitchable, (1084) I created a hole in it. So as I type this, I started a starter form dried extract. I hope 10 minutes is a long enough boil for a starter. Is it? I have had troubles with contamination so I have been using dry yeast for the past 6 batches.
So the questions I want answers to be, how long do you need to boil dried extract when making starters? |
Steve Pierson
Intermediate Member
Username: Stevepierson
Post Number: 262
Registered: 03-2003
Posted From: 168.103.42.229
| | Posted on Tuesday, January 03, 2006 - 05:27 am: |
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I usually boil starters for 15 minutes. Just what I was told by experienced brewers when I started.
None of us knows more than all of us. - Bill Herzog
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Martin Stutz
Junior Member
Username: Stillbrewing
Post Number: 59
Registered: 03-2003
Posted From: 24.202.149.35
| | Posted on Tuesday, January 03, 2006 - 05:57 am: |
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A couple of years ago I talked to a guy at Wyeast (I think his name was David), and he recommended a 20 minute boil when using DME- so that's what I have always done.
Martin |
Graham Cox
Intermediate Member
Username: T2driver
Post Number: 342
Registered: 11-2004
Posted From: 68.32.248.92
| | Posted on Tuesday, January 03, 2006 - 07:18 am: |
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Ted, when using DME, all you're really trying to accomplish is to completely dissolve it and to sanitize it. You won't get a substantial amount of hot break from it, because it's already been mashed and treated to hot temperatures during the drying process, so a prolonged boil is of questionable value. 10-15 minutes is quite sufficient, IMHO. Now, if you're making an pure extract beer, complete with hops and specialty grains, that complicates the chemistry quite a bit, but for starter purposes, I'll stick to my 10-15 minute guns.
There have been a number of articles in the recent past on this topic in various publications. BYO comes to mind; I think they did a feature comparing various extract boil strategies recently. |
tranquil_liza
Intermediate Member
Username: Tranquil_liza
Post Number: 272
Registered: 03-2003
Posted From: 69.245.106.189
| | Posted on Tuesday, January 03, 2006 - 12:59 pm: |
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any bacterial organism that can survive a 10 minute boil is welcomed to infect my beer.
i worry more about the lip on the pot's rim where i pour out the contents. i scrub this area with 99.9% isopropyl alcohol 2 or 3 times and ignite it each time. |
Denny Conn
Senior Member
Username: Denny
Post Number: 5308
Registered: 01-2001
Posted From: 140.211.82.4
| | Posted on Tuesday, January 03, 2006 - 05:12 pm: |
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I do a 10 minute boil. I used to do 15-20 min., but I haven't seen any difference between that and 10, so now I save myself the extra 10 min.
LIfe begins at 60...1.060, that is.
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Dave Aronoff
Member
Username: Daronoff
Post Number: 188
Registered: 06-2003
Posted From: 141.214.17.5
| | Posted on Tuesday, January 03, 2006 - 07:56 pm: |
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I do 15 min with extract starter. No problems that I know of. Anyone do 13 or 17 min?
Thanks,
Dave
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Mike Mayer
Advanced Member
Username: Mmayer
Post Number: 581
Registered: 12-2002
Posted From: 68.76.109.183
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 04, 2006 - 12:17 am: |
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15 minutes for me, then into a kitchen sink full of ice for a quick cool. I never worry about the lip of the pot, I figure it gets too hot for anything to survive there. |
Tony Legge
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Username: Boo_boo
Post Number: 121
Registered: 05-2005
Posted From: 142.162.53.243
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 04, 2006 - 12:24 am: |
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Grahams explanation works for me. 10 minutes and I also don't worry about the lip of the pot. |
Bob Girolamo
New Member
Username: Brewer_bob
Post Number: 2
Registered: 02-2005
Posted From: 71.131.95.99
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 04, 2006 - 01:34 am: |
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I do 8 minutes...no problems here |
MJR
Intermediate Member
Username: Mjr
Post Number: 259
Registered: 03-2003
Posted From: 71.11.140.107
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 04, 2006 - 02:40 am: |
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8-10 minutes here. Any more seems like a waste. |
dhacker
Member
Username: Dhacker
Post Number: 115
Registered: 11-2002
Posted From: 70.146.175.65
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 04, 2006 - 01:08 pm: |
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8 minutes if I'm doing a liquid yeast starter.
If I'm rehydrating dry yeast, I put 250 ml of water in a 1000ml Erlenmeyer flask with about a tablespoon of DME and nuke it in the microwave for 4 minutes. Cool it to about 80 degrees, sprinkle the yeast in, and watch it explode! (figuratively) |
Martin Stutz
Junior Member
Username: Stillbrewing
Post Number: 60
Registered: 03-2003
Posted From: 24.202.149.35
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 04, 2006 - 05:13 pm: |
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I guess I can cut it down from 20 min to 10 for my starters. I always thought 20 was the norm ! You never stop learning...
As to the lip of the pot, I agree that it probably gets hot enough to kill any nasties. It's the lip of my starter vessel (1-2 days later) that I'm concerned about. I always flame the lip before dumping into the fermenter.
Martin |
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