Ok, so here is the deal. Everyone says just buy an extra packet, and that's what I've always done for higher gravity beers. I planned on brewing Sunday but when I lookedin the bag I was missing a packet of yeast. I always keep a lb of dme in the cupboard, so I made a starter.
This is apparently a bad thing, but it worked great! I pitched the whole starter directly into the wort while active. I saw a gravity change from 17.5bx to 14bx I'm the first 24 hrs. Everything tastes as clean as it can with us-05 and 4 oz late additions. It's bubbling away happily and averaging 3bx per 24hr. I'll post as this ferment progresses.
EDIT: here are some numbers for you! Thanks Mr malty!
-6.25g @ 1075,
-cells needed 430 billion
-Starting cell count assumed at 200 billion
-intermittent shaking since my stir plate is broken
- 2.85qt (us)needed,I used three quarts
EDIT#2; this is not to advocate making starters with dry yeast. In most cases that would simply be a waste of time at best. This is to say it can be done with great results
EDIT#3; the starter was approximately 24 hour old at beginning high Krausen.I tried to catch the yeast after peak density was reached before they completely moved on to fermentation rather than propagation
Sent from my SCH-R970 using Home Brew mobile app
This is apparently a bad thing, but it worked great! I pitched the whole starter directly into the wort while active. I saw a gravity change from 17.5bx to 14bx I'm the first 24 hrs. Everything tastes as clean as it can with us-05 and 4 oz late additions. It's bubbling away happily and averaging 3bx per 24hr. I'll post as this ferment progresses.
EDIT: here are some numbers for you! Thanks Mr malty!
-6.25g @ 1075,
-cells needed 430 billion
-Starting cell count assumed at 200 billion
-intermittent shaking since my stir plate is broken
- 2.85qt (us)needed,I used three quarts
EDIT#2; this is not to advocate making starters with dry yeast. In most cases that would simply be a waste of time at best. This is to say it can be done with great results
EDIT#3; the starter was approximately 24 hour old at beginning high Krausen.I tried to catch the yeast after peak density was reached before they completely moved on to fermentation rather than propagation
Sent from my SCH-R970 using Home Brew mobile app