cweinbrew9
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Yeah, should be fine. I don't see why you have to decant it as long as you have a large enough vessel that can hold all the volume from both steps.
1.02 gravity yeast starter isn't going to grow as much yeast as your typical OG ones, but I really don't see why you couldn't just use the 1.040 one. Yeast are hardier creatures than most people think.
So if I should be placing the krausen in a 1.040 then should i be making a 1.060ish wort to mix with the boiled water? And is the 1 liter flask a big enough volume/do i need to up that O.G too when mixing the 500 mL flask?
looked at the tube this morning, about 10 hours in, I'm pretty sure I can see some new and creamy yeast, not much but some, do I still need to wait another 2-3 days or is the 500mL starter tomorrow going to be fine?
Yes, you would want to account for the dilution of adding your yeast + water mixture into the starter. A 1L flask is fine if you are going to have 500 mL of culture in it. If it ends up being any more you might want to get a larger flask.
Hard to say for sure, but it sounds like everything is going well. If you can say for certain that there are new yeast in there tomorrow, then go ahead and pitch it.
1/8 of a mm? You have some serious science-eyes there my friend .
Definitely shake up the yeast whenever you think about it. Yeast need oxygen to proliferate, and the dissolved CO2 just pisses them off.
I think that you are way overthinking this. You're making beer, not bridges.
Make up a starter of 500g DME and 500mL water and then just pitch your yeast into it sometime tomorrow. Shake it whenever you get a chance and then you can step that up in a couple days.
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