What is the shortest amount of time anyone has ever started a yeast starter prior to pitching?
Thanks!
you only need 8 to 18 hours to get the full benefit of a starter. So far I've put all my starters into play in the morning on brew day - then brew in the evening and pitch the starter.
Does anyone have math on the ultimate multiplication output of yeast, will its environment only allow it to grow so big, to the extent food is available. Simple example - if you pitch 1 billion yeast cells would it only be allowed to grow to 3 billion in a 5 gallon batch whereas if you pitched 500 million yeast cells it'd multiply to .... 3 billion yeast cells in the same 5g batch?? Or would the yeast pitched in the smaller amount consume more food and exhaust it's food source before it got to 3 B?
Is there a maximum consumption rate for a cell or population of yeast? And is multiplication exponential and infinite?
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