Yeast Starter for PNB

The next batch I make will be PNB (Practice Nut Brown). I'll use the 11-year old malt extract and yeast that I recently obtained, so my expectations have been set to a realistic level. I figured I may as well use these ingredients instead of trash them, if only to gain experience/practice.

Anyway, since the yeast is 11 years old, it will definitely be very asleep, and quite possibly dead. So I decided to make a yeast starter last night. I followed the instructions at http://www.breworganic.com/tips/yeast_starters.htm.

I have a nice 1 gallon glass jar, so I used the recipe for 1 quart of starter. I found a lid for the jar that I could drill a hole in for an airlock.

I opened a bag of Light Malt Extract. This stuff is really goopy and almost black, looks like tar! Anyway, it didn't taste or smell bad, so I figured it should be OK. I poured what I didn't use into a glass container and put it in the fridge.

By the time I boiled the wort mixture, it was getting late, so I didn't have time to pitch the yeast before bedtime. I just poured the hot wort into the sanitized glass jar, sealed it, and let it sit overnight. I pitched the yeast this morning, and put the whole shebang in the warm, dark downstairs bathroom.

I guess this should be ready in 1-3 days...