I was curious what the accepted practice was for stepping up starters.
Jamil recommends pitching one vial (~100 billion cells) into a 2 liter starter to double the population to around 200 billion, which is about what you want for a typical ale.
If I want to split a vial of yeast between two batches, am I correct in assuming that I should pitch half (~50 billion cells) into a 1 liter starter to double it, and then add another liter of wort to bring to to the 200 billion required? Would this work?
Jamil recommends pitching one vial (~100 billion cells) into a 2 liter starter to double the population to around 200 billion, which is about what you want for a typical ale.
If I want to split a vial of yeast between two batches, am I correct in assuming that I should pitch half (~50 billion cells) into a 1 liter starter to double it, and then add another liter of wort to bring to to the 200 billion required? Would this work?
