So my local brew supply store suggested I make my starter for my california ale yeast with 1 quart of water with 3 table spoon s sugar. This seemed like not much sugar compared to what most suggest so I made it a little heavier, 3 tablespoons sugar, one table spoon brown sugar with 3 cups water which I boiled for about 10 minutes. This is in a half gallon carboy with some yeast nutrient. This seems like a lot lower gravity than most use, can anyone tell me what this gravity would be? Its at 12 hours and doesn't seem to be doing much. Will this be a sufficient starter, I want to brew tomorrow which will put pitching the yeast a little less than 2 days after pitching the starter?
Oh this is my second batch, the first was an extract kit. This is an almost all grain, with a few pounds of extract cause I don't have room to do a full mash for a barley wine.
Oh this is my second batch, the first was an extract kit. This is an almost all grain, with a few pounds of extract cause I don't have room to do a full mash for a barley wine.