MrEggSandwich
Well-Known Member
I am planning on brewing a Heady-type IPA on New Years Day (Not a bad start to the year!)
Target OG= 1.074
Batch size= 6 gallons in fermenter
Yeast is The Yeast Bay's Vermont Ale Yeast http://www.theyeastbay.com/brewers-yeast-products/vermont-ale
According to the site, vial contains 80B cells. I had it shipped from CA to NJ, and the best buy date is April 2015, so it's safe to assume the yeast is fresh. I've been using 12/15 as the production date...Is that a safe date? Too fresh? (Site says manufacture date is 4 months before best buy date.)
Yeastcalc.com says I need 408B cells
Brewersfriend says I need 500+ B cells
MrMalty says I need 305B cells
I shake the starter from time to time. Today, I pitched a vial into a 2L starter (1.040), and the plan was to decant, then step up with another 3L Tuesday, crash it, decant for pitching on Thursday (New Years Day)
Bottom line:
Is my thinking/process sound?
How many cells do I really need?
How much is too much yeast?
I've read it better to slightly under than over...So what's the deal?
Thanks!
Target OG= 1.074
Batch size= 6 gallons in fermenter
Yeast is The Yeast Bay's Vermont Ale Yeast http://www.theyeastbay.com/brewers-yeast-products/vermont-ale
According to the site, vial contains 80B cells. I had it shipped from CA to NJ, and the best buy date is April 2015, so it's safe to assume the yeast is fresh. I've been using 12/15 as the production date...Is that a safe date? Too fresh? (Site says manufacture date is 4 months before best buy date.)
Yeastcalc.com says I need 408B cells
Brewersfriend says I need 500+ B cells
MrMalty says I need 305B cells
I shake the starter from time to time. Today, I pitched a vial into a 2L starter (1.040), and the plan was to decant, then step up with another 3L Tuesday, crash it, decant for pitching on Thursday (New Years Day)
Bottom line:
Is my thinking/process sound?
How many cells do I really need?
How much is too much yeast?
I've read it better to slightly under than over...So what's the deal?
Thanks!