I drain of a quart of wort during the boil, cool it, water it down to @ 1.030, and use that for my starter. No need for LME/DME, etc. Obviously this works works great with no-chill.

If you do not use the no-chill method, simply reserve some wort from your current batch, stick it in the freezer, and then thaw it out (and boil for a few minutes) when you are ready to make your starter. If you do this every batch you will always have supply of wort to make starters with. Easy peasy!




---Todd

I increase my kettle buffer to a few liters, then after I've cubed my wort i strain and bottle my entire kettle loss in a 5L flagon that goes in the fridge. Later I will decant the clear wort off the top of the settled trub and make my starter with that.

I get about 50% recovery from the trub this way

I'll dilute the starter to 1.040 and then make up any missing volume with DME and boil

Good Day, After a NO-Chill, I take a liter, and start my dry yeast, and then prepare the primary Fermenter.

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Single Vessel BIAB is all I need....Until we figure out the no vessel technique