theveganbrewer
Well-Known Member
I'm about to start trying to build up a starter from 2 old cans of heady (~9 months old). According to yeastcalc and a 2B cell count per can, I'm starting with .64B cells. This is my preliminary plan:
Step 1) .1 liter of 1.020 wort=.2 oz DME, stirplate=5.13B cells
Step 2) .2 liter of 1.020 wort=.38 oz DME, stirplate=21B cells total
Step 3) .7 liter of 1.030 wort=2 oz DME, stirplate=83B cells total
Step 4) 1.25 liters of 1.035 wort=4.2 oz DME, stirplate=229B cells total
Two questions I'm hoping you all can answer:
[*]Is this even worth doing given how few cells I'm starting with? Am I going to end up with unhealthy yeast? (Also see point 2 below)
[*]Yeastcalc.com says that I have low innoculation rates for step 1 (6 million cells/ml). Is this ok? I would have to go to .02 liters to get to the recommended 25 cells/ml...that just seems silly.
I'd go 200ml, 500ml, 1.5L, 1 Gallon. That works.