Komocabo
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I harvested some of Denny's Fav 40 (Wyeast) on 12/15 into 4 mason jars. Tonight I was going to make a 1L starter, and step up to 2L on Friday as I'll brew on Sunday.
I decanted the liquid from each jar and combined into one before I made my starter wort. I ended up with about 600ml of slurry, which looks, smells, and tastes great (tasted from an emptied jar-I'm very cautious about sanitation).
So here I am... 600ml of slurry and a 2L flask... Here's what I'm thinking:
1) Cold crash the slurry, set it aside and make a 1.5L starter on Friday night. Cold crash Saturday, and pitch on Sunday afternoon. (Going to brew 11gal batch, and given the amount of slurry, I'm not worried about stepping it up).
2) Make a 1L starter now, and let it sit on the stir plate until Saturday. That would make about 1.6L volume in a 2L flask. Worries here are that I will have a mess to clean up as it may spill out being on there so long.
I'm leaning towards option #1.
Thoughts? Other suggestions?
I decanted the liquid from each jar and combined into one before I made my starter wort. I ended up with about 600ml of slurry, which looks, smells, and tastes great (tasted from an emptied jar-I'm very cautious about sanitation).
So here I am... 600ml of slurry and a 2L flask... Here's what I'm thinking:
1) Cold crash the slurry, set it aside and make a 1.5L starter on Friday night. Cold crash Saturday, and pitch on Sunday afternoon. (Going to brew 11gal batch, and given the amount of slurry, I'm not worried about stepping it up).
2) Make a 1L starter now, and let it sit on the stir plate until Saturday. That would make about 1.6L volume in a 2L flask. Worries here are that I will have a mess to clean up as it may spill out being on there so long.
I'm leaning towards option #1.
Thoughts? Other suggestions?