Yes -- billion -- sorry for the confusion, and thanks for the help! This is my first high OG beer, and also first attempt at a yeast starter so I want to make sure I am doing things properly, and fully understand the reasoning.
I was originally going to purchase a flask to make my starter, but may not do so for now, since I need to make a 2-Step -- seems it takes a lot of the benefit I was looking to gain (one vessel start to finish) away.
Here is what I am looking to do:
Make 2L starter in pot on stove
Cool in Ice bath and transfer to sanitized growler
Pitch smack pack of yeast, and cover with aluminum foil
After 24-36 hours, make a 1.5L starter on stove
Crash and Decant growler
Cool in Ice bath and transfer to sanitized growler which contains yeast from my first starter -- dumping new wort on top of existing yeast cake, which is cool from being stored in refrigerator since it was just crashed
Wait another 24-26 hours, crash, decant, and then pitch to my 1.108 OG brew
Does this all sound correct? Sandy -- I tried to come up with a cell count needed based on your function, and came up with 600 Billion,but the yeast calculator I used came up with 379 billion needed. How did you come up with your suggested function?
Thanks all for the help (And sorry for all the elementary questions!).