Question about Mr Malty Calc

BrooZer said:

When entering the "production date" is that the date you are making the starter or the date that you estimate the yeast vial was produced? Also, it suggests to pitch a large starter with a 1.064 beer. If decanting the liquid off, how do you all do it?

I would assume something like refrigerate over night then siphon. But Im not sure.

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Blender said:

You won't need a siphon if you chill it well. You can easily pour it off. Do the vials say when the yeast was made or just the "used by date"? I don't remember.

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BrooZer said:

Also, according to Mr. Malty that says I should use 2 vials per starter based on a 1.062 og beer. Isnt that still a lot?

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When using Wyeast packs, the date on the package is the production date and can be entered directly. When using White Labs vials, the date on the vial is a 'best by' date and the production date is 4 months prior to that for ale and lager yeasts (6 months for brett and bacteria products). Either enter the production date in the field or click the small calendar to the right of the date, to bring up a calendar that you can select the date from.

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SuperiorBrew said:

Did you select the proper type of starter and slide the groth factor slider over to the right?

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