Starter from Wyeast Activator Pack
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Clonefarmer
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The pack can be added as is or smacked and allowed to inflate. Either way will work. Other than that make the starter the same way you normally would.
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What have you been using before? An activator pack ships with 100B cells, which may be more, less, or equal to what you've been using up to this point. Numbers aside, it's just regular yeast. Standard starter procedure...
Same as others. Smack the pack three hours ahead and pitch as usual or make the starter, smack, and pitch immediately. The smack and subsequent inflation is to show yeast viability and rev them up if you're pitching direct.
Advantage with wyeast is that it comes with a nutrient pack vs the vials alone when making a starter.
Advantage with wyeast is that it comes with a nutrient pack vs the vials alone when making a starter.
1234
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I smacked mine about 15 minutes ago. I will be making the starter this afternoon and brewing on Wednesday afternoon.
