I just want to make sure I'm not too far off here...
I have planned the following brew days: wee heavy that I brewed yesterday, a porter that I will brew in about a week and a half, and a blonde ale that I will brew in 4 weeks. My styles and dates to brew are set and not much I can change there. Ideally I would harvest and reuse, but as you can see, I am brewing from dark/high OG to light.
Anyway, all 3 account for the same yeast, Nottingham ale yeast. I didn't want to buy 3 packets so I bought 1 instead and decided to do a few 1 liter starters (I brew 2.75 gallon batches). I rehydrated the yeast and added 1/3 of the slurry to each of the 1 liter 1.040 wort containers. This was done a little more than a day before my Wee heavy. I pitched 1 liter to the brew (1.085) and popped the remainder 2 in the fridge. I figure that by the time I brew my Porter a small amount of viability will be lost which should still be an appropriate pitch (~1.065), and by the time I brew my blonde a little further viability will be lost which should still be appropriate to pitch (~1.044).
Thoughts?
I have planned the following brew days: wee heavy that I brewed yesterday, a porter that I will brew in about a week and a half, and a blonde ale that I will brew in 4 weeks. My styles and dates to brew are set and not much I can change there. Ideally I would harvest and reuse, but as you can see, I am brewing from dark/high OG to light.
Anyway, all 3 account for the same yeast, Nottingham ale yeast. I didn't want to buy 3 packets so I bought 1 instead and decided to do a few 1 liter starters (I brew 2.75 gallon batches). I rehydrated the yeast and added 1/3 of the slurry to each of the 1 liter 1.040 wort containers. This was done a little more than a day before my Wee heavy. I pitched 1 liter to the brew (1.085) and popped the remainder 2 in the fridge. I figure that by the time I brew my Porter a small amount of viability will be lost which should still be an appropriate pitch (~1.065), and by the time I brew my blonde a little further viability will be lost which should still be appropriate to pitch (~1.044).
Thoughts?
