Sourdough

[marmalade]

My new sourdough starter smells like beer.

Anyone know if this is normal?

[Hitcher]

My new sourdough starter smells like beer.

Anyone know if this is normal?
Yes. It should be white or off-white creamy sort of color and bubbly.

[Amso]

I heard that sourdough isn't really common towards the east coast. Is that a true statement or was I misinformed?

[silverwhisper]

marm: that's as it should be--it'll smell like yeast.

AMSO: true. it's for you folk out in weirdsville--i mean, california. :D

[silverwhisper]

i don't dig on sourdough. and oddly, not that big on BLTs, either.

[shrugs]

[marmalade]

I used a tip from this website (http://www.sourdoughhome.com/startingastarter.html), which was to use pineapple juice instead of water to get the right acidic pH for the right yeast to grow. It no longer smells like pineapple juice.

I started playing around with sourdough starters to get bread with a similar dense texture as in Austria. Let's just say I'm still learning. :D

[Hitcher]

I've been wanting to try white grape juice.