JBrady
Well-Known Member
Hey folks this is the first time that I have posted on this site in a long time. I stepped away from brewing to pursue other hobbies for around 8 years. I have decided to return to brewing doing batches between 1 and 2.5 gallons. My only real question with scaling down my batches is regarding yeast. Won't the yeast layer still grow to be the same size as a 5 gallon batch causing even less siphonable finished product in a already small batch size, or is this wrong? I take it that I should be pitching around half the yeast that you would with a 5 gallon batch, can the other half of the liquid yeast be saved? Being that the yeast price can be half the cost of a one gallon batch, how hard is it to make a yeast starter from the yeast in a finished bottle of homebrew or store bought beer? Thanks for any info and I'm glad to be back. THE PRODIGAL SON RETURNS!