On Mon, Jan 24, 2005 at 12:00:40PM +0100, S?ren Hjortb?l wrote: > Efter du engang korreksede mig, for at mikse opfattelsen af > g?rstarter og rehydrering, har jeg rehydreret min t?rg?r ca. > 1 time f?r den skal i den afk?lede urt. Jeg har erfaret, at > det er en hurtigere og mere effektiv m?de at f? g?ringen i > gang p?, end at lave g?rstarter der st?r i "l?ngere" tid, > inden pitchning.
I seem to have read somewhere that pitching dry yeast straight into a sugary wort can kill nearly half the yeasts in it. This can be avoided by rehydrating properly. After that, making even a small starter seems to give the yeast even more "oomph", although I don't have any serious data about that, just a gut feeling. Last weekend it worked quite well, I must say. > - jeg sikker p?, at det alt sammen bliver til godt ?l :) Yes, that's what I keep telling folks :-) -H -- Heikki Levanto "In Murphy We Turst" heikki (at) lsd (dot) dk
