I am new to starters and made one for an ale I am planning on brewing.
I used Brewer's friend for the following:
My wort will be 1.054 OG and 5 gallons.
The yeast lot was made 5/24/15. (WLP007)
So I read it to read only 72 billions viable cells.
My target pitch rate was set at .75 (Ale)
My starter was 1.6 liters with 6.4 oz of the pilsen light DME - shaking method.
My questions are, can I pitch the starter directly to the wort - I assume that is a yes, but how long before I can do this?
And if I cold crash the starter to decant, how long is that process? Should I leave the starter for 36 hours then cold crash for 24?
Thanks for any help to this newbie...
I used Brewer's friend for the following:
My wort will be 1.054 OG and 5 gallons.
The yeast lot was made 5/24/15. (WLP007)
So I read it to read only 72 billions viable cells.
My target pitch rate was set at .75 (Ale)
My starter was 1.6 liters with 6.4 oz of the pilsen light DME - shaking method.
My questions are, can I pitch the starter directly to the wort - I assume that is a yes, but how long before I can do this?
And if I cold crash the starter to decant, how long is that process? Should I leave the starter for 36 hours then cold crash for 24?
Thanks for any help to this newbie...