doing a starter with pilsner DME

[Skeeter]

What type of belgian are you making at 1.100? I was thinking about brewing a 5gal batch as a starter for a tripel in the 1.075 range using Y3787 and I am assuming that on that yeast cake I would be overpitching but at 1.100 you need a lot of yeast...have you tried something like that in the past

[Bugeater]

I am going to be making the starter in a 2L erylenmeyer. I wouldn't ever decan't off yeast...i want as much yeast as possible. I'm going to make these little fuckers chew their way through a 1.100 OG wort.

DMS won't be a worry in that small a volume. You will be boiling it off when you boil the main wort. If you must worry about something you may very well end up with an under attenuated beer with a starter that small. You will need at least a 2-3 liter starter for a wort with that high an OG. Any starter you make in a 2 liter flask will not be large enough unless you fill it to the brim and use a stir plate and foam control drops.

Wayne
Bugeater Brewing Company