Hi guys,
i'm quite new at homebrewing and its my second attempt to make a yeast starter. The first didn't work, i think i spolied It.
I'm just doing the second one, with a vial of White labs california ale.
I'll explain what i did, step by step, please if anyone have experience in this topic can help:
-Washed the flask (2 liter) with water and soap, then esterilazed with chemi oxi. I also spraied it with some etilic alcohol 70º.
-Prepared 1,2 liter water and 120 grs of malt extract and boiled for 15'. Here came the first incident: overbolied, and i finally got 0.9 liters, so i had boteled water until 1,2 liter (my mistke i didn't boil it...).
-When the flask was at a temperaturte you could hold in your hand, I added the yeast Vial.
-Put all in stirplate in the kitchen, where room temperatura is 18-20 º celcius.
Here are a couple of pictures. First is at 12 hours, second at 36 hours. The color has changed, and there is a lot of solid material in the wort, but nearly no foam on top...
So the question is, is it spolied? Should i throw it away? Any advice?
Thanks!
Jesús.
i'm quite new at homebrewing and its my second attempt to make a yeast starter. The first didn't work, i think i spolied It.
I'm just doing the second one, with a vial of White labs california ale.
I'll explain what i did, step by step, please if anyone have experience in this topic can help:
-Washed the flask (2 liter) with water and soap, then esterilazed with chemi oxi. I also spraied it with some etilic alcohol 70º.
-Prepared 1,2 liter water and 120 grs of malt extract and boiled for 15'. Here came the first incident: overbolied, and i finally got 0.9 liters, so i had boteled water until 1,2 liter (my mistke i didn't boil it...).
-When the flask was at a temperaturte you could hold in your hand, I added the yeast Vial.
-Put all in stirplate in the kitchen, where room temperatura is 18-20 º celcius.
Here are a couple of pictures. First is at 12 hours, second at 36 hours. The color has changed, and there is a lot of solid material in the wort, but nearly no foam on top...
So the question is, is it spolied? Should i throw it away? Any advice?
Thanks!
Jesús.