foxtrot
Well-Known Member
I'll be brewing my first lager which will be an Octoberfest with an OG at about 1.055, so it looks like I'll need about 400B cells according to Mr.Malty. I have two, 2L flasks and two stirplates. So my options are:
1) pitch a vial into 2L to get 200B. Cool, decant off used wort and divide the slurry into two equal parts (approx 100B each). Pitch each 100B slurry into two, 2L flasks to arrive at 400B cells. -or-
2) Keep the yeast in one 2L flask, cool and decant off used wort and keep feeding it new wort. But how many times???
Step 1 seems like it would be more of a PIA and risk of contamination. Just wondering what you guys are doing for big starters for lagers, as this is my first attempt.
1) pitch a vial into 2L to get 200B. Cool, decant off used wort and divide the slurry into two equal parts (approx 100B each). Pitch each 100B slurry into two, 2L flasks to arrive at 400B cells. -or-
2) Keep the yeast in one 2L flask, cool and decant off used wort and keep feeding it new wort. But how many times???
Step 1 seems like it would be more of a PIA and risk of contamination. Just wondering what you guys are doing for big starters for lagers, as this is my first attempt.