Homebrewers – Frustrated with slow fermentation start up?

I don’t know about you but I am incredibly impatient, especially when it comes to waiting for those bubbles to start showing in my airlock once I’ve brewed a new batch of beer. I’ll go down in the basement where I keep my full carboys 20 times a day after I’ve put a new one down there just to see if it’s started. Each time I check it and it hasn’t started, I’m sure that I didn’t do something right and my batch will have to be dumped. (In truth, I’ve only lost one.)

Worse is having invested the time and money in a brew only to have it get infected with some nasty wild yeast or bacteria.

Well, here’s a solution. Make a yeast starter. With a little planning, you can make a big yeast starter that can have your brew burbling happily along within hours after brewing. A quick start like this is not only satisfying but it protects you against infection because even if something did sneak in despite all of your best efforts at sanitation, a big yeast starter will dominate the fermentation and never give that little nasty a chance to take off.

I’ve posted step by step instructions – with pictures even! Give it a try; I’m sure that you’ll be impressed with the results.