MTate37
Well-Known Member
I'll be brewing Northern Brewer's 115th Dream Imperial IPA this Friday which is my biggest beer to date. The OG is 1.090.
I'm planning to make a starter tomorrow with Wyeast 1056. I have two smack packs, one dated 1/13/13 and one dated 2/13/13. Mr. Malty says I need a 1.96 liter starter using two packs with a production date of 2/13/13. Since one pack is a month older should I make the starter a little large r, or should I be okay with about 2 liters. I'll be using intermittent shaking for this one because I still haven't been able to get my Radio Shack built stir plate to work properly. Waking up in the middle of the night to a thrown stir bar SUCKS!
Should I step this up, or can I do it all at once since I have two packs? I have a 2 litter flask and a few one gallon cider jugs. Would I be better of using the gallon jug?
Thanks!
I'm planning to make a starter tomorrow with Wyeast 1056. I have two smack packs, one dated 1/13/13 and one dated 2/13/13. Mr. Malty says I need a 1.96 liter starter using two packs with a production date of 2/13/13. Since one pack is a month older should I make the starter a little large r, or should I be okay with about 2 liters. I'll be using intermittent shaking for this one because I still haven't been able to get my Radio Shack built stir plate to work properly. Waking up in the middle of the night to a thrown stir bar SUCKS!
Should I step this up, or can I do it all at once since I have two packs? I have a 2 litter flask and a few one gallon cider jugs. Would I be better of using the gallon jug?
Thanks!