Judochop
Well-Known Member
Im brewing a strong lager (OG of ~1.070) 5 days from now. I have a previous fermentation from which I intend to collect the yeast slurry, and then rinse it over a few days. However, by the time I brew the upcoming strong lager, it will have been 3 weeks since I first pitched into the previous batch.
My thought was to pitch an appropriate amount of slurry (~250-300 ml) directly into my wort, and then to also add an active starter containing 1 smackpack of the same yeast strain, just for good measure. (I generally find my fermentations are better when pitching an active starter anyway).
So, thoughts on pitching a large population of yeast in sleeping slurry form, along with an active, smaller sized starter? Im wondering if Im looking for trouble by pitching yeast in 2 different conditions?
If that is a legitimate concern, Im wondering if I should just put the whole population, slurry and smackpack, into the small starter together? But that seems like a lot of yeast in a small wort volume. Is there such thing as overpitching a starter?
My thought was to pitch an appropriate amount of slurry (~250-300 ml) directly into my wort, and then to also add an active starter containing 1 smackpack of the same yeast strain, just for good measure. (I generally find my fermentations are better when pitching an active starter anyway).
So, thoughts on pitching a large population of yeast in sleeping slurry form, along with an active, smaller sized starter? Im wondering if Im looking for trouble by pitching yeast in 2 different conditions?
If that is a legitimate concern, Im wondering if I should just put the whole population, slurry and smackpack, into the small starter together? But that seems like a lot of yeast in a small wort volume. Is there such thing as overpitching a starter?