How much DME for this starter.

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The first starter will go into a 1000ml. How much DME light?
I am adding my first starter into 5 gallons. How much DME for the 5 gallon starter?
 
Your starter size has alot to do with the type beer your brewing.. Check out

http://www.mrmalty.com/calc/calc.html

As a general rule it's 1/2cup DME for 2 cups of water. Boil. Cool. Pitch... After a day or two repeat until you get your desired amount. There's more to it than that...but that's the basics....
 
Ok so my bday was yesterday and I am having a hard time rapping my mind around this:drunk:
5 gallons = 80 cups/ 2 =40*.5 = 20 cups???? is that right?
So that would be 5 lbs?

How many cups are in a lbs?
edit I saw on the site. 1 lb is =4-4.5 of dme
 
Oh, I got it! But, I'll go back to the starter question again because I don't understand. Instead of making a 5 gallon starter, why not make a 5 gallon batch of beer? Then, you'd have beer out of the DME, and a big honking yeast cake to use. To step up to a 5 gallon starter for the big batch is important, of course, but I kind of see it as a waste of time when in the same amount of time you can make 5 gallons of beer and keg it and still use the yeast cake.
 
Oh, I got it! But, I'll go back to the starter question again because I don't understand. Instead of making a 5 gallon starter, why not make a 5 gallon batch of beer? Then, you'd have beer out of the DME, and a big honking yeast cake to use. To step up to a 5 gallon starter for the big batch is important, of course, but I kind of see it as a waste of time when in the same amount of time you can make 5 gallons of beer and keg it and still use the yeast cake.

I have seen the question posed a lot in other threads. My question is will it work? I want to use wl 500 a trappist yeast. I am not sure what kind of beer would come from a gravity of 1.040. Plus, my goal is not make great beer because I want great healthy yeast.
I dont know if this is right. I am just restating what I have read. Please correct me if I am wrong or right.
 
I have seen the question posed a lot in other threads. My question is will it work? I want to use wl 500 a trappist yeast. I am not sure what kind of beer would come from a gravity of 1.040. Plus, my goal is not make great beer because I want great healthy yeast.
I dont know if this is right. I am just restating what I have read. Please correct me if I am wrong or right.

Here's what I'd do- make a starter for a 5 gallon batch and make that batch. So, 1/2 cup DME into 2 cups of water boiled, cooled and allowed to ferment out. Put that into a 5 gallon batch (OG can be up to 1.068 or so, easy). When that batch is done, use THAT yeast slurry for your big batch.

For a big batch, you're going to want a big amount of yeast slurry. Check out mrmalty.com's pitching calculator to get the exact recommended amount.

My thought was just that if you're making a 5 gallon starter, you might as well make beer! It's the same thing!
 
I have seen the question posed a lot in other threads. My question is will it work? I want to use wl 500 a trappist yeast. I am not sure what kind of beer would come from a gravity of 1.040. Plus, my goal is not make great beer because I want great healthy yeast.
I dont know if this is right. I am just restating what I have read. Please correct me if I am wrong or right.

You can go up to 1.065 and you will be fine, the best thing you can do is aerate really well and re-pitch the yeast as soon as possible after the fermentation has completed so they don't burn through their energy reserves.
 
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