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Re: Making a started (Wort) from grain
« Reply #15 on: October 23, 2014, 09:15:44 am »
when I'm feeling extra productive on a brew day I'll put an extra gallon or so of water through my main mash after I've collected what I want and boil that down to 1.030-1.040 and pressure can for starter wort. same idea, and it's sugars I would have fed to the chickens otherwise so I call it free!

I do pretty much the same except I boil it down to 1.080 and freeze it in tupperware. When it's time to make a starter I dilute it down to 1.040 and give it a quick boil.
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Re: Making a started (Wort) from grain
« Reply #16 on: October 23, 2014, 09:35:46 am »
Same here, but without the second boil. When I'm doing a high-gravity beer I'll boil some tail runnings down to ~8°P and freeze it in 500 mL blocks. Then when I need to propagate I just thaw the correct number directly into the glass jug for the starter.
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Re: Making a started (Wort) from grain
« Reply #17 on: October 23, 2014, 11:04:32 am »
Same here, but without the second boil. When I'm doing a high-gravity beer I'll boil some tail runnings down to ~8°P and freeze it in 500 mL blocks. Then when I need to propagate I just thaw the correct number directly into the glass jug for the starter.

I think you've just given me a use for my old ice cube trays.  I typically freeze starter wort in bags, but cubes could be pretty handy for scalable volumes.
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