So, this site has me pitching 1 liter starters for 2.5 gallon batches pretty consistently. Is this overkill or pretty right on?
Not inherently. The larger the starter volume in proportion to the main batch, the more it's going to impact the beer. I normally don't have a problem pitching the whole thing of a 1L starter into a 5 gal batch (although I normally prefer to cold crash and decant as I normally make bigger starters anyway). However, in a 2.5 gallon batch, that's a bigger starter than I'd want to be adding.Uh, ive been pitching the entire starter at high krauzen. Bad?
Bad is a relative term but yeah I wouldn't call it good. You're basically tossing an unhopped liter of bad session beer into whatever you are brewing.Uh, ive been pitching the entire starter at high krauzen. Bad?
Like I said, there's nothing WRONG with it, but like everything else there are some drawbacks.