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I essentially asked the same question not too long ago and got a lot of great feedback that encouraged me to do just that. I've got my first starter going right now on my homemade stir plate in anticipation of brewing this weekend. I'll split it before I pitch. The thread is here...

Thanks everbody for the great info. This has been a really educational read. I'm going to wait a while on harvesting and washing, but will definitely do a larger batch of starter on this next beer, split it and use on another soon.

I’ve brewed 3 kits so far, all fermented with dry yeast. I’m about to brew my first kit that uses liquid yeast, so I spent a little time over the weekend reading and watching YouTube vids on making Yeast Starters. That eventually led to watching vids on harvesting & washing yeast. I’m intrigued...

Wow, what a great forum. I hardly had time to use the facilities and grab another from the fridge and I've got my answer. I'll take your advice, chaulk it up to experience and just use what I learned next batch. Thanks for the recipe calculator Dougan ... I'll use that to figure where I'm...

New around here though I've been reading for weeks. I just brewed my 2nd 5 gal batch (BB American Amber) on Saturday and bottled my first batch (BB Oatmeal Stout) on Sunday. Both extract kits w/ specialty grains & 2 1/2 gal boils. In both cases I tried to be careful when topping off with...