Tried to search for this answer, but didn't find anything that helped... hopefully i can get some tips from you guys:
I am doing an Imperial Stout, extract/specialty grain brew ~1.085 OG.
I am doing a starter with White Labs British Ale yeast.
Must I start with only a 1 pint wort for the starter? Or can I do the entire MrMalty recommended amount at once? (2 liters). I assume that if I should do just the pint at first, I also scale down the amount of malt extract to use, and use the rest for the step-ups.
This is how I want to do it:
2 liter water, boil with 1 cup LME (don't have any DME) as per recommendations I received in a prior thread. Follow starter instruction on page 74 Palmer.
Contrasted with how I think it might have to be done:
1 pint water, boil with 1/4 cup LME, follow Palmer directions. One thing about this is that Palmer doesn't give instructions on how to stepup the starter, just refers to it being "built up".
Thanks so much for your help.
I am doing an Imperial Stout, extract/specialty grain brew ~1.085 OG.
I am doing a starter with White Labs British Ale yeast.
Must I start with only a 1 pint wort for the starter? Or can I do the entire MrMalty recommended amount at once? (2 liters). I assume that if I should do just the pint at first, I also scale down the amount of malt extract to use, and use the rest for the step-ups.
This is how I want to do it:
2 liter water, boil with 1 cup LME (don't have any DME) as per recommendations I received in a prior thread. Follow starter instruction on page 74 Palmer.
Contrasted with how I think it might have to be done:
1 pint water, boil with 1/4 cup LME, follow Palmer directions. One thing about this is that Palmer doesn't give instructions on how to stepup the starter, just refers to it being "built up".
Thanks so much for your help.