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So does anyone actually do this. Will hop oils inhibit yeast production? Waste of time/hops?had to mash some pale due to lack of DME or LME. Now its boiling and it came to mind but couldn't find a post dealing with this......

It's not necessary.

Skip the hops its a waste of time and hops. Your main focus is the grow the yeast and not to ferment a beer

Afterlab wrote:Skip the hops its a waste of time and hops. Your main focus is the grow the yeast and not to ferment a beer

+1

I've done it before, just messing around with things & doing a bit of experimentation about the flavors carried over. A couple pellets in a 1 gallon starter that's going to be pitched into a hoppy beer won't hurt anything, but it won't help anything either. A hopped starter going into a scotch ale or other non-hoppy, malt-focused beer can have a detrimental effect. Not to mention if you get big into rinsing & reusing yeast, you're just asking for trouble down the road. Not the "my beer's fucked up" kind of trouble, but potential off-flavors that can be a real PITA to diagnose. Just skip the hops.

I've never done it. I usually forget to add my stirbar, I doubt I would remember the hops if I did want to do it.