Starters & Levains

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

1 year old sourdough starter behaves differently now

First posting here. Any help greatly appreciated. I have a sourdough starter that has been very successful during the last 16...

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Adding rye to my starter

Got my hands on some rye flour and would like to add it into my starter. I saw the beginners starter recipe uses 70:30 white/rye...

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When am I ready to bake.

OK, I have been feeding and disgarding for 4 days. My starter just about doubles in size each day before throwing half of it away...

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Discarding to prevent acidity buil up?

I am in the process of starting with my San Francisco Sourdough starter from Sourdough inc. Stage 4 of their instructions say...

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Starter Isn't Giving Sourdough Bread Enough Lift

Hi: I'm loosely following Peter Rhienholt's Barm Starter recipe as found in his Crust & Crumb book and I've begun a new...

New Starter - Questions

New to creating my own starter, read up on it, I have a few questions becase ahh, mine is acting different. I started with pack...

The Great Scientific Siege: Can yeast defeat bacteria?

Hi, guys. I'm Caleb. First time here. I've got a lovely starter which in the past has demonstrated some lovely banana aromas, so...

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Sourdough Culture

Hi all, Some years ago I lost my sourdough culture and just recently I tried to make another. It seem to me that I may have the...

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Starter problem

Hello all, this is my first post so be kind to me. I recently obtained a small quantity of starter as I want to be able to bake...

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California bio culture via Californian honey?

Hello, I've been experimenting with different starters and still havn't had any luck getting a good sour bread. I have ordered a...

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