Hi All,
I recently acquired all the necessary supplies to begin doing yeast starters for my beers. Having said that, when I watch various 'how-to' videos and visit my LHBS, everyone seems to be different in the size of the starter needed. For example, Northern Brewer's You Tube video suggests 1 cup DME with 1500ml of H20. My LHBS sells 2 tablespoon 'packages' of yeast starter to be mixed with a pint of water.
So, I'm a little confused as to where to start with volume. Should I let my Starting Gravity decide? I'm going to be doing one for a small, one gallon apple wine to get the process down and will be pitching it tonight or tomorrow morning but I just don't know which way to go. I think I'll make the smaller starter for this batch and go the Northern Brewer route for my Honey Brown I'll be brewing on Thursday.
Thanks in advance as always...
tb
I recently acquired all the necessary supplies to begin doing yeast starters for my beers. Having said that, when I watch various 'how-to' videos and visit my LHBS, everyone seems to be different in the size of the starter needed. For example, Northern Brewer's You Tube video suggests 1 cup DME with 1500ml of H20. My LHBS sells 2 tablespoon 'packages' of yeast starter to be mixed with a pint of water.
So, I'm a little confused as to where to start with volume. Should I let my Starting Gravity decide? I'm going to be doing one for a small, one gallon apple wine to get the process down and will be pitching it tonight or tomorrow morning but I just don't know which way to go. I think I'll make the smaller starter for this batch and go the Northern Brewer route for my Honey Brown I'll be brewing on Thursday.
Thanks in advance as always...
tb