banderberg
Member
I'm confused about the limitations of doing this in a 2L flask.
I started out with 1 smackpack of 1056 into 2 cups of water, 1/2 cup DME, set on a stir plate for 2 days.
Then I chilled for a day, decanted the wort and added 2 more cups of fresh wort and put it back on the stir plate.
But now I am reading that you get less and less new yeast each time you do this but I don't understand why.
What is limiting the yeast? I could add 4 cups of fresh wort instead for my step up.
My goal here is to get a starter that will work for my beer that is going to be around 1.090 OG.
Thanks!!
I started out with 1 smackpack of 1056 into 2 cups of water, 1/2 cup DME, set on a stir plate for 2 days.
Then I chilled for a day, decanted the wort and added 2 more cups of fresh wort and put it back on the stir plate.
But now I am reading that you get less and less new yeast each time you do this but I don't understand why.
What is limiting the yeast? I could add 4 cups of fresh wort instead for my step up.
My goal here is to get a starter that will work for my beer that is going to be around 1.090 OG.
Thanks!!