I f'd up pitching yeast to starter

beerbeerbeer123 · Feb 1, 2013

I messed up..When i was pitching yeast to starter i spilled some yeast on the side of my growler only half the smack pack made it in...I originally planned a 2 step starter to get my pitching rate ..should i do a 3 step now?

Caveman3141 · Feb 1, 2013

What's your OG?

beerbeerbeer123 · Feb 1, 2013

jhoyda · Feb 1, 2013

beerbeerbeer123 said:
1037

How many gallons? That's a pretty low OG. One pack with a one step starter would have been plenty.

beerbeerbeer123 · Feb 1, 2013

jhoyda said:
How many gallons? That's a pretty low OG. One pack with a one step starter would have been plenty.

I was told to do a starter between 1030-1040..So i mixed 5 oz of DME to 1.5 L and i got 1037.. Starters are supposed to be low gravity so they dont stress the yeast and just enough to grow the culture..anyway the starter looks good today im gonna step it up 2 more times..Im making a BGSA so i need alot of yeast..thanks

pabloj13 · Feb 1, 2013

beerbeerbeer123 said:
I was told to do a starter between 1030-1040..So i mixed 5 oz of DME to 1.5 L and i got 1037.. Starters are supposed to be low gravity so they dont stress the yeast and just enough to grow the culture..anyway the starter looks good today im gonna step it up 2 more times..Im making a BGSA so i need alot of yeast..thanks

He meant the batch OG.

stpug · Feb 1, 2013

Belgian golden strong ale should be decent gravity (~1.085?) at 5.25 gallons.

You'll need about 300 billion yeast

Smackpack = 100 billion yeast (90 billion viable)
Spilled 1/2 = 50 billion yeast (45 billion viable)
1.5L starter on stirplate with half smackpack = ~180 billion viable yeast
Decant starter
1.0L step-up starter on stirplate = ~315 billion viable yeast
You're there in 2 steps

Based on small inocculation rate of initial step, I would give it some extra time to complete (2 days at least).
The second step may take 1-2 days, although with the smaller amount it could go quick.

beerbeerbeer123 · Feb 1, 2013

pabloj13 said:
He meant the batch OG.

Oh i thought he was talking about the starter OG..Im shooting for a OG of 1069 for the BGSA .. gonna dose with dextrose at high krausen hopefully get high attenuation and a 7-8% beer

beerbeerbeer123 · Feb 1, 2013

stpug said:
Belgian golden strong ale should be decent gravity (~1.085?) at 5.25 gallons.

You'll need about 300 billion yeast

Smackpack = 100 billion yeast (90 billion viable)
Spilled 1/2 = 50 billion yeast (45 billion viable)
1.5L starter on stirplate with half smackpack = ~180 billion viable yeast
Decant starter
1.0L step-up starter on stirplate = ~315 billion viable yeast
You're there in 2 steps

Based on small inocculation rate of initial step, I would give it some extra time to complete (2 days at least).
The second step may take 1-2 days, although with the smaller amount it could go quick.

Sounds good to me thanks alot

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