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Island ... not sure if this question was for me, but I was going to use Wyeast 1056 ... is this a high gravity yeast? So I am going to go with a 2 step starter to get to my 6billion cell count using a 5L flask. If I boil my wort in a bot on the stove, can i pour the cooled wort from step 2 on...

Yes -- billion -- sorry for the confusion, and thanks for the help! This is my first high OG beer, and also first attempt at a yeast starter so I want to make sure I am doing things properly, and fully understand the reasoning. I was originally going to purchase a flask to make my starter, but...

I am brewing a large OG brew ... 1.108. I am referencing a pitching rate table in my john palmer book and looks like I will need 350-400+ billion cells to pitch. I was looking to do a 2L starter using a smackpack, but looks like the max output would be only 225 billion cells? How do I get up to...

I consider myself a novice brewer - still doing extract brews. I have never made a yeast starter before pitching -- always directly pitched dry/wyeast/white labs with no starter. I picked up a high OG stout (w00t stout) from norther and they do state a starter is all but necessary...