WishYouWereBeer
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I have apparently made a successful harvest of Pacman from two bombers of Shakespeare Stout. So successful, in fact, that only at 800 ml I am already foaming out of a 2000 ml flask.
This fact combined with the fact that I am supposed to make a 1600 ml starter for a particular brew concerns me. Obviously, once I step this up again, I'm going to have quite a problem.
So what do others do? Use a blowoff tube? Then you don't get oxygen to your starter. I tried searching this, but with mixed results. Is defoamer the only solution here? I'm not sure my LHBS carries any and it would be a very inconvenient trip if they did. Is it possible that my yeast is strong enough to pitch at a lower starter volume if it's that active and healthy? I doubt that.
This fact combined with the fact that I am supposed to make a 1600 ml starter for a particular brew concerns me. Obviously, once I step this up again, I'm going to have quite a problem.
So what do others do? Use a blowoff tube? Then you don't get oxygen to your starter. I tried searching this, but with mixed results. Is defoamer the only solution here? I'm not sure my LHBS carries any and it would be a very inconvenient trip if they did. Is it possible that my yeast is strong enough to pitch at a lower starter volume if it's that active and healthy? I doubt that.