Yeast Diary - April 26, 2020
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nezchanA bit late on the update today due to my phone running low on battery. I don't know if anyone's actually reading this, or at least anyone who minds, but I have to at least pretend to have an audience.
My yeast culture has now graduated to the next phase of its existence. This morning I drained off about 3/4 of the liquid and a good chunk of the floating raisins. Gave it a taste, not really bad tasting. Raisin-y and a little sweet, but not like you'd expect from water that had been sitting with 8 tablespoons of sugar mixed into it. Just goes to show the yeast is working as intended.
So I topped up the water, added raisins and sugar as usual, and let it sit. After a few hours, most of the raisins had floated up to the surface, a very good sign. And the water is still quite cloudy.
The plan is to dump and replenish tonight as well, to encourage faster, stronger growth. Tomorrow morning I'll be trying my first experiment with applying the liquid starter to something I actually want to consume. Then the next day, after two more top-ups, I'll start experiment number two. It's an exciting time.
As usual, here's today's photo on Instagram.
My yeast culture has now graduated to the next phase of its existence. This morning I drained off about 3/4 of the liquid and a good chunk of the floating raisins. Gave it a taste, not really bad tasting. Raisin-y and a little sweet, but not like you'd expect from water that had been sitting with 8 tablespoons of sugar mixed into it. Just goes to show the yeast is working as intended.
So I topped up the water, added raisins and sugar as usual, and let it sit. After a few hours, most of the raisins had floated up to the surface, a very good sign. And the water is still quite cloudy.
The plan is to dump and replenish tonight as well, to encourage faster, stronger growth. Tomorrow morning I'll be trying my first experiment with applying the liquid starter to something I actually want to consume. Then the next day, after two more top-ups, I'll start experiment number two. It's an exciting time.
As usual, here's today's photo on Instagram.
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Date: 2020-04-27 10:03 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2020-04-27 01:03 pm (UTC)A good chunk of the purpose to all this is to record what I'm doing and how it's working out so I can refer back to it myself. For example, where I had it in my head that I'd been soaking my raisins for several days, when in fact it was only two. It's good to be able to double check.