Do you have sources for that? I mean, in the very very short term, I agree - gelatin does seem to help a beer mature (drop particulate/yeast), but in exbeeriments to date, we haven't been able to determine a flavor impact...
Not really. I mean... I usually don't have time to brew through the week, but it only takes 10-15 minutes to make a starter if I think I will be brewing next weekend.
I am in agreement with your read of things here. I should point out what the test DID NOT prove. It did not PROVE that the beers were even indistinguishable.
My subjective experience was that they were very nearly identical, if not identical.
But the statistics did not show a "identical"...
Thanks. Fixed.
I can't think of anything, chart wise, that would have made this more clear. 9/20 got it right. 8/20 chose one of the two wrong beers, while only 3 chose the other wrong answer.
As for all the discussion about how broadly this could generalize, the prudent behavior is to...
Proven is WAAAAY too strong. the correct conclusion from my article is that we
"Failed to prove making a starter with WLP090 resulted in a statistically significant difference, when compared to a direct-pitched vial on this particular wort"
I wrote up a recent exBEERiment that takes a look at yeast performance between starter and a white labs vial pitched directly.
Enjoy!
http://brulosophy.com/2015/04/20/yeast-pitch-rate-single-vial-vs-yeast-starter-exbeeriment-results/
Wow, this is still going? I gave up 20 pages ago.
By the sounds of things, it sounds the the OP/Troll continues to dismiss all possible solutions because he knows better.