Short cold crash lager starter?

[Paradigm]

For various reasons we goofed and can only cold crash our 7 liter starter for about 6 hours. I made a larger starter in hopes that I could counter any excess yeast lost in the decanting process.

Should I be OK? I don't need peanut gallery comments about doing it sooner and for longer. In an ideal world I would have but this isn't that world

I'm going to decant and pitch it anyway, I just want some info

 

[Omahawk]

What type of lager yeast?

 

[Brewer_Badman]

Wyeast 2308. I made a 7 qt starter with a goal of 636 billion cells. My target is to get 573 billion cells into the beer.

 

[RonPopeil]

I don't think you'll have much to worry about. You still have a strong culture. You may not get as dry as you'd like.

 

[BigFloyd]

You are right to figure that you'll lose a pretty good percentage of viable cells when you decant without a long enough cold crash. 2-3 days in the mid 30's is preferable for lager yeast. 6 hours won't gain you much, but it's better than nothing.

For future batches - when doing higher gravity beers (especially lagers) I'd much rather make a 5-gallon lighter gravity "starter beer" and use the appropriate portion of the yeast cake from that beer vs. making a massive starter.