cold crashing a starter
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wyeast 1332 in a kbs clone (I know, yeast isn't ideal, but its what I had.) Better to pitch the whole thing (1.2L) into 6gal of 1.09is OG, or crash for about 14 hrs? Its in the fridge now... I have about 5 hours until I need to pitch.
(fyi, small starter size because i used yeast slurry on a stir plate)
(fyi, small starter size because i used yeast slurry on a stir plate)
If the goal of matching your wort temperature to your fermentation temperature to your yeast temperature, doesn't the yeast have to endure some shock somewhere along the line? Figure it starts at room temp, gets crashed to something a lot colder and then gets raised again. I know it can take it but how do you minimize the trauma?
