RatsoRizzo
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I have recently started using liquid yeast. I brew small batches (5 litres) so do not need to use a starter but do so that I can harvest yeast for future brews. I normally make a 1 litre starter and save half and pitch half. However, I suspect that this might be too much yeast for my small batches so wanted to run some numbers past the HBT crowd for some feedback.
Using Yeastcalc for my latest starter it says that I will end up with 161 bn cells from a 1 litre starter (regular shake method) and that for my planned brew I only need 48 bn cells. Keeping in mind that I only pitch half the starter (80 bn cells) that means I will be overpitching by 32bn cells. So my question is; is this rate of pitching likely to be a problem or am I still within an acceptable range of overpitching (if such a thing exists)?
Using Yeastcalc for my latest starter it says that I will end up with 161 bn cells from a 1 litre starter (regular shake method) and that for my planned brew I only need 48 bn cells. Keeping in mind that I only pitch half the starter (80 bn cells) that means I will be overpitching by 32bn cells. So my question is; is this rate of pitching likely to be a problem or am I still within an acceptable range of overpitching (if such a thing exists)?