I've always been the more of the RDWHAHB brewer. I've always used single vial WL yeast and I've always (with one unrelated exception) ended up with a drinkable beer. I decided to pay a little more attention to my yeast count starting with this next brew as it has an OG of 1.07. "He who increases knowledge increases sorrow..."
I purchased the canned wort from Midwest to save me a step and ordered a stir plate. Problem is my stir plate wont arrive until after brewday, so I will be using the shaking method on this one.
All of the online yeast starter calculators say I'll still fall short by 1/3rd of the recommended count, even with a 2L starter (200b cells vs 290b recommended)
So my question is this: do I delay my brew by a week so I can do a multi-step starter? Or am I worrying too much about a situation where I once never bothered to worry at all?
I purchased the canned wort from Midwest to save me a step and ordered a stir plate. Problem is my stir plate wont arrive until after brewday, so I will be using the shaking method on this one.
All of the online yeast starter calculators say I'll still fall short by 1/3rd of the recommended count, even with a 2L starter (200b cells vs 290b recommended)
So my question is this: do I delay my brew by a week so I can do a multi-step starter? Or am I worrying too much about a situation where I once never bothered to worry at all?