How to Fix Your Sourdough Starter When It WON'T RISE

“My starter won’t rise…HELP!” (Said everyone who bakes sourdough at one point or another 😊)
There are two fixes you can try if your sourdough starter just won’t rise. In the video I’ll explain which fix is right for you.
Here’s where to get my free Sourdough Starter Guide that I mentioned in the video - grantbakes.com/sourdoughstart...

[@GrantBakes]

Get my sourdough starter guide here:

[@candisellis185]

What if the beginner sourdough starter was super active on day 3, but day 4 and 5 fell flat?

[@ThatGuy-dj3qr]

I struggled for a loooong time with my starter going "off" while being stored in the fridge. I found very little for my issue online and had to sort it out on my own. Basically my starter was becoming very acidic, making a toxic environment for the yeast (meanwhile the bacteria were thriving). One big reason for this is that I don't bake regularly, so the starter was in the fridge for long periods of time. I would end up with a watery slurry, and even after adding flour to stiffen the starter, it would go watery again without rising. On mutiple occasions I found it faster to create a new starter from scratch than to revive the old one. Are you ready for the fix?

[@charlesdarnay5455]

GREAT TIP. It never would have occurred to me that I was keeping too much of it previously. Tip #1, resetting the starter with a small amount and keeping only 25g until feeding it the night before using it, fixed my sourdough problems completely. FWIW, I started out with a mix of rye and whole wheat to get my starter going, it only took 3 or 4 days, and ever since, it doesn't seem to matter what flour I use for the overnight feeding: it always rises overnight. And no more discards either.

[@trudareynolds8592]

You really made me feel more confident I could actually tell when my starter was ready. Thanks!

[@cristinanogueira8687]

My starter was slow to double and I almost gave up around day 7, but I stayed patient and on day 9 I had an active sourdough starter!! Thanks, Grant, this is the first method that has worked for me.

[@krazmokramer]

Yeah...I'm there. I just did my first divide and discard on your Sourdough Starter Guide. Day 3 looked active SOMEWHAT. Day 4 nada. Four hours after 50g/50g/50g and still nada. I have been very precise with the measurements and clean utensils. I'm being patient but...I WANT TO BAKE!!!

[@mirian593]

It really works, can’t thank you enough. Forever grateful ❤

[@sharonmcmichael4690]

Perfect help I needed as a newbie gifted with SOURDOUGH STARTER! First week was fun then caput, so thank you for timely help!

[@karenwhitely]

I’ve struggled with my starter recently and been very frustrated. This tip worked a treat and I’m now back on track honing my sourdough making skills!

[@eleanorbalsiger9963]

I have read so much on this and your video explained and helped me so much that I am going to start all over again for the 3rd time. Your instructions were different than everybody else’s. Thank you.

[@user-ny6ck2ud5t]

This video is so helpful thank you so much , I am staring at my starter without any hope it seems dead because I had to freeze it 😬 now I am trying to make it alive again

[@ArdenKuhn]

Thank you for this. You helped me reset my starter successfully. Plus, the tip on bubbles vs doubling was invaluable.

[@koreancookie331]

Thank you! 1st week newbie here 🙋🏻‍♀️.

[@DanielleLipski]

Very helpful!! Thank you

[@frankphillips7436]

Thank you sir! It’s almost like you saw my starter.

[@raquelbigby5501]

I just discovered this by accident. Yesterday I took out my sourdough scraping's that had been in the frig for over a month. After I mixed 50 gr 50 gr to about 10gr of starter in a new jar , it sat for 16 hours because i forgot about it. It had tripled in size, I just backed it today and it looks great

[@BiancaICMarques]

Thank you for this video!! This happened with my starter and I was soo sad. I will try this!

[@wrensylvan9954]

Fantastic info! Thank you!

[@linacoy3606]

Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!!! This videos was so helpful, 5 days later and I have a very active starter and is on the rise 😅 thank you again