I don't want to add all the fluid thats in my starter, should I put it in the fridge to settle out the yeast or should I just let it settle naturally and decant the fluid of of that? Thanks!
Does it make the yeast dormant? Or does that not matter, is the purpose of a starter just to increase the population? I thought part of it was having active multiplying yeast going it.
It's true that directly pitching your starter will greatly decrease your lag time, but you will then have a lot of oxygenated beer. While chilling and decanting will have a longer lag time, but add almost no oxygenated beer. Either are perfectly acceptable paths to take, but you do need to chose based on your priorities.
Not long at all. It'll drop out almost immediatly when the temp reaches the temp of your fridge. If it feels cold to touch, your yeast is probably out of suspension.
I usually throw mine in the fridge when I start brewing and pull it out and decant when the boil starts, seems to work very well.
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