smellgoats
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Going to be brewing a high OG (~1.090) Imperial Pale Ale. Its a 5 gallon batch and I'm using good ole standbye Safale 05 dry yeast. My question is: I have 2 packs on hand, this being a high gravity ale, would there be any harm in pitching both? Would there be a noticeable discrepancy in final character because the two packs could potentially be minorly different. My other option, I could do a starter for 3 days as well before brew date, if so should the OG of the starter wort be as close to 1.090 as possible? I'm thinking about 4 cups water, 2 cups DME and both packs of Safale. I also have a stir plate, etc if that makes any difference. Thoughts?