For academic/curiousity's sake:
I am going to make a 11 gallon batch of 1.048 OG beer. Simple, right?
I am going to make a starter, which will have to be split between two 6.5 gal. carboys/fermenters.
Which is best? I have 260 grams DME and a single Whitelabs vial of WLP002.
4 liters of 1.025 OG Starter? (for ~2 liter starter for each carboy)
3 liters of 1.033 OG starter? (for ~1.5 liter starter for each carboy)
2.5 Liters of 1.040 OG Starter? (for ~1.25 liter starter for each carboy)
(I already did the 4 Liter/1.025 OG starter. I am going to make it work, either way, but I am wondering if I was stupid or not.)
What would you do, personally? What does science say? Microbiologists out there?
I am going to make a 11 gallon batch of 1.048 OG beer. Simple, right?
I am going to make a starter, which will have to be split between two 6.5 gal. carboys/fermenters.
Which is best? I have 260 grams DME and a single Whitelabs vial of WLP002.
4 liters of 1.025 OG Starter? (for ~2 liter starter for each carboy)
3 liters of 1.033 OG starter? (for ~1.5 liter starter for each carboy)
2.5 Liters of 1.040 OG Starter? (for ~1.25 liter starter for each carboy)
(I already did the 4 Liter/1.025 OG starter. I am going to make it work, either way, but I am wondering if I was stupid or not.)
What would you do, personally? What does science say? Microbiologists out there?