10 gallon yeast starter

[Garrett]

I've made yeast starters based on white labs 2 pints water & 1/2cup dme method for 5 gallon batches multiple times with great results. Can I just double this to make a stater for a 10 gallon batch? 4 pints of water & 1 cup of dme with one vial of yeast? I looked at mr malty and it wasn't making a whole lot of sense to me.

 

[aiptasia]

Yep, just double it or start two batches of the 2 pints of wort. Whichever.

 

[jammin]

http://www.mrmalty.com/calc/calc.html

or even better:

http://yeastcalc.com/

yeast calc is a great tool for stepping starters up; which will save you a pile on 10 gallon batches.

 

[day_trippr]

That's a totally misleading title. I was expecting to read about some truly epic brew coming up that needed a 10 gallon starter...

Cheers!

 

[milesvdustin]

Yeah an actual ten gallon starter would be outstanding!

 

[Garrett]

That's a totally misleading title. I was expecting to read about some truly epic brew coming up that needed a 10 gallon starter...

Cheers!

Sorry about that. I thought the same thing after I posted haha. It can't believe it says I need to make a 2 gallon starter though for a 10 gallon batch on yeastcalc.

 

[Love_of_good_ale]

I've been brewing 10 gallon batches, making 3 liter yeast starters with 1 1/2 cups dme (wyeast smack packs). I've done some of the yeast calculators that say that I should be using 2 packs of yeast, but I only use one. All the beer I've made have been fairly low gravity though.

 

[biestie]

Yeah an actual ten gallon starter would be outstanding!

I make ten gallon starters all the time... I call it"beer".

 

[Garrett]

I make ten gallon starters all the time... I call it"beer".

Hahahahaha!!