If your sourdough starter peaks after 8 hours after feeding and you use it 12 hours after feeding. Willl it give a sourdough bread (no yeast in it) that in general rise less?
Is just after it's peaked and begun to fall. If it's four hours later then you risk it being inactive (like pre-feeding). When you make the dough with it it will feed and multiply but you might not get the results you want. Timing may be off. Yeats may be sluggish etc.
I routinely do a 12 hour, 3 stage levain build and once it doubles about 4 hours after the 3rd feeding I refrigerate it for 24-48 hours and then let it warm on the counter for 2 hours before I use it. It doesn't go inactive and is plenty hardy enough to raise a loaf of bread a day or two after the last feeding. Every starter is different though.
Is just after it's peaked and begun to fall. If it's four hours later then you risk it being inactive (like pre-feeding). When you make the dough with it it will feed and multiply but you might not get the results you want. Timing may be off. Yeats may be sluggish etc.
I routinely do a 12 hour, 3 stage levain build and once it doubles about 4 hours after the 3rd feeding I refrigerate it for 24-48 hours and then let it warm on the counter for 2 hours before I use it. It doesn't go inactive and is plenty hardy enough to raise a loaf of bread a day or two after the last feeding. Every starter is different though.
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