Starters & Levains

<p>Fermenting flour and water to rise bread with</p>

beer barm

I have left over beer barm...yes that's real beer barm from a local brewery....I didn't use the entire quart jar of it...can I...

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Starter keeps going wrong....help!

Hi there, first timer to the forum. I am originally from the UK and used to make my own sourdough. I haven't made it in 6 months...

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What to do with leftover, immature starter

Hi everyone! For the past three weeks, I've been trying to make sourdough starter. It's finally working, and it seems like it'll...

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How can I tell if my starter has gone bad?

My starter has a weird gray layer on top and what looks to be lots of white bubbles (I don't think it's mold, and it smells fine...

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Beer Starter

Hey All, I'm new to the site - great to see such an active community around sourdough. I've been experimenting with a sourdough...

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Mold on starter?

Left my starter without a feed while away overnight and returned to find a skin on the surface which I would normally just scrape...

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Lazy Starter :)

Hey everyone...I am hoping someone will have some words of wisdom for me regarding my Tartine starter. We are now on day 11 and...

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Starter split?

Hi experts, looking for advice on day 2-3 of my sourdough starter. It is growing nicely, has bubbled and smells pretty fruity/...

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San Francisco sourdough is bitter, why?

Hello everyone! Today is the sixth day of activating a dry culture. Sourdough grow, looks and smells very good. But the taste is...

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What happened to my starter?

Jus wondering if my starter is still fine or is it dead already? I made one just flour+water+org apple. Nothing happened for...

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