Slurry Question

[Rockweezy]

I will be using some washed yeast slurry (White Labs San Diego) on my next 10 gallon batch. I will also be using White Labs Dry English yeast. I plan on making starters for both, but I only have one stir plate. Would it be better to put the slurry starter or vial starter on the stir plate?

 

[eastoak]

you can put either one on the plate and the other you can shake every so often.

 

[BigFloyd]

Depends on how much slurry you have and how old it is.

If you have a good amount of recently-harvested slurry, do the new vial on the plate since you have a lot fewer cells of it.

 

[Rockweezy]

I was planning on using two pint mason jars with slurry harvested on 6/28/13 to make the starter. I will decant before pitching the slurry.

 

[BigFloyd]

If you've stored those jars in the fridge, and they're at least 1/2 full, you likely have plenty of cells to do a straight pitch. I'd stir plate the new stuff and pitch the two jars of slurry.

 

[Rockweezy]

Not close to 1/2 full, maybe like an 1/8 full each. That is why I was thinking of pitching the two slurries into my starter.