Gonna be brewing up Ed's Bee Cave Hefe that has an OG of 1.052 this Saturday. I have a couple of options to me here but really building the start properly isn't one or I would do it without question (12-24 hour build the night before brewing).
Yeast: Wyeast Weihenstephan Activator Pack (100 bil Cell Count). I know the package says to smack and pitch but I hear otherwise on these forums depending on the beer and such. The other option I have is this following:
Make a starter with 50 grams of Light DME and 500ml of Water in an Erlenmeyer the morning of brewing(Around 8:30AM - 9AM) and pitching by 3PM-4PM possibly earlier depending. I have heard that this is not optimal because it does not give the yeast adequate time to reproduce and fall out of suspension.
Since this is such an average sized beer I am thinking that following Wyeast's instructions might be adequate but would like an experienced opinion on this.
Thanks,
Yeast: Wyeast Weihenstephan Activator Pack (100 bil Cell Count). I know the package says to smack and pitch but I hear otherwise on these forums depending on the beer and such. The other option I have is this following:
Make a starter with 50 grams of Light DME and 500ml of Water in an Erlenmeyer the morning of brewing(Around 8:30AM - 9AM) and pitching by 3PM-4PM possibly earlier depending. I have heard that this is not optimal because it does not give the yeast adequate time to reproduce and fall out of suspension.
Since this is such an average sized beer I am thinking that following Wyeast's instructions might be adequate but would like an experienced opinion on this.
Thanks,