BeerPressure
Well-Known Member
Some guys from my homebrew club are planning on a 50 gallon batch. There is already argument over the yeast needed.
I looked on mrmalty.com and it says we should have a starter of 7.6 gallons with 7 vials of yeast in order to get enough viable yeast.
The other guys think that making a 1 gallon starter with one vial of yeast and then pitch that starter into a 10 gallon batch of beer would produce enough yeast for 50 gallons. But, I think there would be a lot of tired out/dead yeast if we did it that way.
It seems like a bad idea to spend so much time, money, and effort into a brew like this and skimp on yeast.
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I looked on mrmalty.com and it says we should have a starter of 7.6 gallons with 7 vials of yeast in order to get enough viable yeast.
The other guys think that making a 1 gallon starter with one vial of yeast and then pitch that starter into a 10 gallon batch of beer would produce enough yeast for 50 gallons. But, I think there would be a lot of tired out/dead yeast if we did it that way.
It seems like a bad idea to spend so much time, money, and effort into a brew like this and skimp on yeast.
Opinions from HBT?