Comments on: How To Store a Sourdough Starter in the Fridge for Vacation https://www.theperfectloaf.com/how-to-store-a-sourdough-starter-in-the-fridge-for-vacation/ Learn to Bake Sourdough Bread Wed, 11 Jun 2025 21:43:38 +0000 hourly 1 By: Ann https://www.theperfectloaf.com/how-to-store-a-sourdough-starter-in-the-fridge-for-vacation/#comment-43724 Wed, 11 Jun 2025 21:43:38 +0000 https://www.theperfectloaf.com/?p=23514#comment-43724 I appreciated your help storing my starter while on vacation. Most of all, your discussion of the benefits of a stiff starter. Better resilience by preventing excess acidification and “breakdown” (maybe you mean collapse).

Finally, I have tried to fine the glass jar and lid you show containing your starter. Can you tell me what it is called and maybe where I can purchase it?

Thanks so much from a woman pretty new to the craft… Ann

]]> By: Victoria Skeat https://www.theperfectloaf.com/how-to-store-a-sourdough-starter-in-the-fridge-for-vacation/#comment-43510 Mon, 02 Jun 2025 13:46:37 +0000 https://www.theperfectloaf.com/?p=23514#comment-43510 ]]> Help! I’ve been doing this but my starter keeps going really acidic and smells like vinegar. I take it out from the fridge Saturday pm, feed it and leave it overnight. Then Sunday I give it a little feed to pep it up, wait till it peaks, use most of it to bake, and put the reminder in the fridge. Seems really similar to your recommendation ie I am putting a small amount of recently peaked starter in the fridge for a week. What’s going wrong 😭

]]> By: Sofia https://www.theperfectloaf.com/how-to-store-a-sourdough-starter-in-the-fridge-for-vacation/#comment-43311 Fri, 23 May 2025 08:36:45 +0000 https://www.theperfectloaf.com/?p=23514#comment-43311 In reply to Sarah WS.

I also had the same question in mind when I read the first step: "Start with your ripe (unfed) sourdough starter and give it a feeding (discard ripe starter, add fresh flour and water)."

Would be amazing with clarification but I think that your description makes a lot of makes sense! 🙂

]]> By: Laura https://www.theperfectloaf.com/how-to-store-a-sourdough-starter-in-the-fridge-for-vacation/#comment-43097 Sat, 10 May 2025 09:12:50 +0000 https://www.theperfectloaf.com/?p=23514#comment-43097 For those who are apprehensive about storing your starter in the refrigerator, I've been making sourdough bread for 35 years. I've always kept my starter in the fridge. While I wouldn't recommend it, there have been times when I've neglected it for months, and I was easily able to revive it. These days, I bake once a week or every other week. In either case, I feed my starter once a week. It's beautiful and healthy.

]]> By: Traci S https://www.theperfectloaf.com/how-to-store-a-sourdough-starter-in-the-fridge-for-vacation/#comment-43084 Fri, 09 May 2025 19:34:46 +0000 https://www.theperfectloaf.com/?p=23514#comment-43084 What is the process to dehydrate and then rehydrate my starter?

]]> By: Joe Chella https://www.theperfectloaf.com/how-to-store-a-sourdough-starter-in-the-fridge-for-vacation/#comment-43080 Fri, 09 May 2025 12:25:34 +0000 https://www.theperfectloaf.com/?p=23514#comment-43080 I tried this method when you first published it and it worked perfectly. Even last year when I was sick and it sat on the back of the fridge for 5 months. It was hooched and gray but it survived.

Poured off the hooch, scraped off the gray and took a bit and began revival. Fed it twice after revival and had a perfect loaf.

Moral of the story is to never give up on the starter.

Thank you for all the bread love.

]]> By: Sarah WS https://www.theperfectloaf.com/how-to-store-a-sourdough-starter-in-the-fridge-for-vacation/#comment-43075 Fri, 09 May 2025 10:25:53 +0000 https://www.theperfectloaf.com/?p=23514#comment-43075 Do we discard the original cold starter after we have scooped out 20 grams to feed in a clean jar? That 20 grams becomes our starter as we revive it and the rest of the 3-week-old starter in the fridge is discarded?

]]> By: Maurizio Leo https://www.theperfectloaf.com/how-to-store-a-sourdough-starter-in-the-fridge-for-vacation/#comment-43071 Fri, 09 May 2025 08:10:15 +0000 https://www.theperfectloaf.com/?p=23514#comment-43071 In reply to Katelyn.

I normally feed mine 1:5:5.

]]> By: Maurizio Leo https://www.theperfectloaf.com/how-to-store-a-sourdough-starter-in-the-fridge-for-vacation/#comment-43070 Fri, 09 May 2025 08:09:49 +0000 https://www.theperfectloaf.com/?p=23514#comment-43070 In reply to Lee.

Yes, I use the same ratio when reviving!

]]> By: Maurizio Leo https://www.theperfectloaf.com/how-to-store-a-sourdough-starter-in-the-fridge-for-vacation/#comment-43069 Fri, 09 May 2025 08:09:27 +0000 https://www.theperfectloaf.com/?p=23514#comment-43069 In reply to Melanie Herzfeld.

Yes, I've done tests with lengthy times in there too… It's quite resilient! But you never know, sometimes things go wrong. 🙂

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