arborman
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Sorry for posting yet another starter question, but on my last thread it seemed to get lots of disagreement.
Ok, so I am going to be brewing up a porter.... its Jamils Shallow Grave, with an OG of 1.070.
I am using white labs WLP001 Cal Ale yeast. It has a production date of 1/24/13.
Id like to brew this Friday, so I am going to make a smaller starter with 2 vials, rather then a larger starter with one vial. Sooooo, according to Mr. Malty and Yeast Calc, I need 253 billion cells. Since I do not have a scale, I am going to go with what white labs list on their site and go with 4 cups of water and a 1/2 cup of DME.. I will add yeast nutrient to the boil with the DME, then cool it down and pitch 2 vials of yeast. I will leave it on a stir plate for 24 hours ( is this enough time, or should I go longer?), then cold crash it for one day so I can decant.
Keeping in mind I want to brew Friday, what would be my best approach in regards to time on stir plate, and if I will have time to decant? If I need to leave on stir plate longer, how offensive would it be to just pitch the whole starter and not decant?
Do my volumes of water/dme/yeast sound right?
Another question for a later brew: If I want to get away with only using 1 vial of yeast for a starter ( same aged yeast, and a 1.074 OG), could I do a 2 stage starter? Do a 1 liter with one vial, stir plate/decant, then add another liter of wort, stir plate and decant? Would this build up enough yeast? If I plan enough in advance, seems like this is a good way to go while spending less on buying more yeast?
Thanks guys
Ok, so I am going to be brewing up a porter.... its Jamils Shallow Grave, with an OG of 1.070.
I am using white labs WLP001 Cal Ale yeast. It has a production date of 1/24/13.
Id like to brew this Friday, so I am going to make a smaller starter with 2 vials, rather then a larger starter with one vial. Sooooo, according to Mr. Malty and Yeast Calc, I need 253 billion cells. Since I do not have a scale, I am going to go with what white labs list on their site and go with 4 cups of water and a 1/2 cup of DME.. I will add yeast nutrient to the boil with the DME, then cool it down and pitch 2 vials of yeast. I will leave it on a stir plate for 24 hours ( is this enough time, or should I go longer?), then cold crash it for one day so I can decant.
Keeping in mind I want to brew Friday, what would be my best approach in regards to time on stir plate, and if I will have time to decant? If I need to leave on stir plate longer, how offensive would it be to just pitch the whole starter and not decant?
Do my volumes of water/dme/yeast sound right?
Another question for a later brew: If I want to get away with only using 1 vial of yeast for a starter ( same aged yeast, and a 1.074 OG), could I do a 2 stage starter? Do a 1 liter with one vial, stir plate/decant, then add another liter of wort, stir plate and decant? Would this build up enough yeast? If I plan enough in advance, seems like this is a good way to go while spending less on buying more yeast?
Thanks guys