Louz
Well-Known Member
On the advice of some of you here, I postponed my brew day last sunday because my liquid yeast needed a starter. I almost threw it in and hoped for the best, but I didnt want to mess this recipe up.
"Juicy Sundrops NEIPA" from Home Brew Supply.com. OG:1.075, Imperial Yeast Barbarian (200 Billion cell count) date is 3/5/18, 5 gallon batch.
Yesterday around 4pm I made my first starter following a video on youtube (beer geek nation is the channel name if anyone is interested). 2 cups water to 1/2 cup light dme with a flask and stir plate. Thought I'd be good to go for brew day today.... then I got screwing around on brewersfriend yeast starter calculator and ,having never used it before, it seems like my starter was going to be very short on cell count. So around 2 am last night, I boiled up another 2 cups water to 1/2 cup dme, chilled it etc and added it in.
Here it is as of right now:
Looks like its getting pretty healthy. But I'm still afraid it doesnt meet the cell count needed for my recipe. I would really like to brew later today, maybe pitch as late as possible say 9pm to give it as much time as I can. Do you think I'm good? Or should I let this starter go another day, and add more wort? I have a very busy week coming up. I'm afraid I might not have time to brew in the next few days. Any advice would be appreciated
"Juicy Sundrops NEIPA" from Home Brew Supply.com. OG:1.075, Imperial Yeast Barbarian (200 Billion cell count) date is 3/5/18, 5 gallon batch.
Yesterday around 4pm I made my first starter following a video on youtube (beer geek nation is the channel name if anyone is interested). 2 cups water to 1/2 cup light dme with a flask and stir plate. Thought I'd be good to go for brew day today.... then I got screwing around on brewersfriend yeast starter calculator and ,having never used it before, it seems like my starter was going to be very short on cell count. So around 2 am last night, I boiled up another 2 cups water to 1/2 cup dme, chilled it etc and added it in.
Here it is as of right now:
Looks like its getting pretty healthy. But I'm still afraid it doesnt meet the cell count needed for my recipe. I would really like to brew later today, maybe pitch as late as possible say 9pm to give it as much time as I can. Do you think I'm good? Or should I let this starter go another day, and add more wort? I have a very busy week coming up. I'm afraid I might not have time to brew in the next few days. Any advice would be appreciated