making a new order for ingredients.
is it me or has dme gotten v expensive? over £7 for 1kg of dme spraymalt?
i know you're not supposed to use simple sugars in a starter, but anyone know of anything cheaper than £7 kg for use in making a starter?
thanks
matthew
An all grain starter is much cheaper. You'd probably get 5 or 6 litres of starter wort from 1 kg of pale malt.
edit: or do what tube does.
Im gona do a mini mash one of the days for starter wort & fill a load of kilner jars. Lads in the USA are autoclaving the jars of wort in a pressure cooker so it sterilizes & no need for a boil. Handy. "canning starter wort" is the term I think.
ah! thx tube- i do that, but often i sparge so low that there's not any point in keeping what's left.
had never thought of a mini mash though- much much cheaper- prob better in terms of sugar too
thx guys
+1 on the mini mash.
200g pale malt. Mash for 15 mins in a small pot on the cooker. Batch sparge. Boil for 15 mins and hey presto - a 1L starter.
I've never bought dme in my life.
-Barry