ishredthecello
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So I have a beer that hopville calculates should be 1.085 OG, now looking at the Wyeast Lab Pitch Rates (http://www.wyeastlab.com/hb_pitchrates.cfm) shows a beer of this OG should have >18 Million Cells/ml.
Judging by what info I think is correct a Smack Pack of Wyeast Ardennes is about 6 Million Cells/ml? So that would mean if I just wanted to pitch the yeast I would need 3 packs (probably 4 to be safe).
Now comes in the starter calculator (http://www.wyeastlab.com/hb_pitchrate.cfm). So using this I need 2 packets in a 1 gallon starter and that would give me 21.46 million cells/ml. (This is without a stirplate)
Is this math correct, I'm not all that familiar with starters, I tried one, but if this math is right, there is no way I did it correctly for a beer with a similar OG and I clearly didn't pitch enough yeast.
How would I make a 1 gallon starter? Or is 1 gallon really overkill? I would imagine easiest method would be to buy a 1 gallon glass jug and pitch it in there.
Something about this doesn't seem right to me, and screams I'm doing something wrong.
Does this make any sense?
Judging by what info I think is correct a Smack Pack of Wyeast Ardennes is about 6 Million Cells/ml? So that would mean if I just wanted to pitch the yeast I would need 3 packs (probably 4 to be safe).
Now comes in the starter calculator (http://www.wyeastlab.com/hb_pitchrate.cfm). So using this I need 2 packets in a 1 gallon starter and that would give me 21.46 million cells/ml. (This is without a stirplate)
Is this math correct, I'm not all that familiar with starters, I tried one, but if this math is right, there is no way I did it correctly for a beer with a similar OG and I clearly didn't pitch enough yeast.
How would I make a 1 gallon starter? Or is 1 gallon really overkill? I would imagine easiest method would be to buy a 1 gallon glass jug and pitch it in there.
Something about this doesn't seem right to me, and screams I'm doing something wrong.
Does this make any sense?