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11-13-2012, 10:27 PM
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Cool. Thanks all for your help.
The flask was actually reasonably cheap $40 AU. I have the bits to make a stir plate now too, also cheap. I'll give it a go. I want to make a Pliny the elder clone from NHC recipes next.
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Then the stir plate is the next step! Go for it!
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11-14-2012, 02:20 AM
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I use my 5 Liter when I do lagers but will usually step them up in a 2 liter first.
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11-14-2012, 03:39 PM
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I use my 5L for lager starters. I will use 2 vials to avoid step up and figure $5 more for 5 gallons of beer that will take 6+ months to be ready is worth it.
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11-14-2012, 03:52 PM
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Here's my starter..goin to step it up tonight...
It's 4 vials of 007 on a stirplate..for 10 anv ruination clone (15gallons)
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11-14-2012, 04:02 PM
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Here's my starter..goin to step it up tonight...
It's 4 vials of 007 on a stirplate..for 10 anv ruination clone (15gallons)
Igotsand
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Is that a mesh bag on top of it? I might have to steal that idea. Sometimes my starters get away from me and push the foam stopper out.
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11-14-2012, 04:10 PM
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Loose fitting tin foil is easy and disposable.
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11-14-2012, 04:18 PM
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I use the mesh bag so those dang pesky flys won't get into a starter..I hate losing money(x vials + dme, sugar)....cause its happened once in the past...
I also use foil, just in case the mesh bag fails.cause the last thing is you want is to have an infected starter..
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11-14-2012, 04:29 PM
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Originally Posted by Ryush806
You could also make a ~2.5L starter and then decant and put the slurry into another container. Leave some of the slurry in the flask and pour another ~2.5 L of chilled wort on top of it for starter #2. Not very scientific but you'd probably come out with about the right number of yeast cells.
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If you use yeastcalc.com you'll find that the combination of two 2.5L starters will give you MORE cells than a single 5L starter. Actually, it will get you almost half again as many yeast cells at the end.
I have the first step of a two step starter schedule going right now (made last night). Using .7L and 1L starters, I'll get more cells than a 3L starter would provide. Of course, I'm using a stirplate to make the starters finish faster and use smaller starters. 
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11-14-2012, 06:07 PM
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I make 4L starters in a 5L flask and use a stir plate. Crank the stir plate up and the krausen doesn't build up too much.
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11-14-2012, 08:15 PM
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Can't wait to crank it up. The stir bar I bought is 28mm, the only one this shop had. Is that big enough for this 5L flask?
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