Sarrsipius
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I've been making 1.5L-2L starters for all my beers for about 2 years now. Since my flask is a 2000ml I really couldn't go much bigger than that on a stir plate. I've always had really good luck. I recently aquired a 4000ml flask and am going to make larger starters when necessary on some of the bigger beers I make.
With the 2000ml I always dump the whole thing into a 10 gallon batch without noticing any negative affects. I've never decanted a starter before (I go right from the stir plate into the fermenter after flaming the lip of the flask). I'm curious though if a 4L starter into 10 gallons may be a bit more risky with regard to affecting the overall flavor of the beer. Anyone here add 4L starters to 10 gallon batches without decanting? Any noticable effect on the beer?
P.S. I'm using light DME to make my starters at 1.040OG.
With the 2000ml I always dump the whole thing into a 10 gallon batch without noticing any negative affects. I've never decanted a starter before (I go right from the stir plate into the fermenter after flaming the lip of the flask). I'm curious though if a 4L starter into 10 gallons may be a bit more risky with regard to affecting the overall flavor of the beer. Anyone here add 4L starters to 10 gallon batches without decanting? Any noticable effect on the beer?
P.S. I'm using light DME to make my starters at 1.040OG.