Malta Goya

[JasonHorlacher]

so you can use this shit for starters? Just pour it in?

[DannyW]

so you can use this shit for starters? Just pour it in?

It is lightly carbonated, so you will want to degas and aerate it, and it's rather expensive compared to other wort sources, but yes, it will grow yeast.

wow that's a lot of commas.

[Brew Engineer]

WTF is mello malt?

It is simply malted mellos. I don't know where you can find the plain mellos for malting. The variety that grows in swampy areas are pretty easy to fine. They are generally called marshmellos.

Wayne
Bugeater Brewing Company

Thanks Bug, you stole my lousy pun!!!

[dcbeerboy]

i was told not long ago that malta goya was the wrong food for yeast to eat for starters.

true or false? seems that if it's just unfermented wort, it would be fine.

[Bugeater]

i was told not long ago that malta goya was the wrong food for yeast to eat for starters.

true or false? seems that if it's just unfermented wort, it would be fine.

I guess I should add a serious response after than awful pun I posted earlier. Malta Goya (or Malta Vigor, Malta India, etc.) are basically an unhopped carbonated malt wort. The gravity is around 1.060 so you really should dilute it down to 1.035-1.040 before use. You should also decarbonate it before pitching yeast.

The easiest way to handle both the dilution and decarbonation is to pour the malta into a pan, add water to dilute, and bring to a boil to sanitize the water addition. Boiling will drive the carbonation out.

As mentioned, malta is a really expensive way to make starter wort but it will work just fine. Diluting it will stretch it a bit further too.

I tried using malta myself a few times with good result, but due to the expense, I wouldn't go out and buy it specifically for use as a starter. In a pinch I would mash about a pound of grain in a couple quarts of water to get my starter wort.

Wayne
Bugeater Brewing Company