So I want to brew a Maibock this Sunday, my first attempt at a lager. I made a 1L starter on Tuesday night (2/22) and have been letting it do it's thing for the past 36ish hours @ 55 degrees. It's still going strong, but looks to be coming out of the high krausen right now. I now know that I could have done it warmer to go faster, but I was just trying to keep one consistent temp.
My problem is this, I want to do a 4L starter and have it ready to go for Sunday evening, and as can be seen I'm running short on time. My plan was to step it up from the 1L to the 4L after the 1L finished.
So how can I be assured of having a 4L starter ready to go? My thoughts were this:
1.) Take the gravity of the 1L starter tonight.
2.) Make 3L of wort with a high enough gravity so that when I add the 1L starter the total gravity is 1.040ish.
3.) Let the now 4L starter ferment for 48 hours (this puts it finishing on Saturday night) at 65-68 degrees (hopefully speeds it up so it can finish in 48 hours)
4.) Crash cool in fridge for 12-18 hours.
5.) Decant and pitch
Is this realistic? A decent plan? Any other suggestions? Or should I just scrap brewing this Sunday and do it next weekend when the yeast have more time to do their thing in the starter?
My problem is this, I want to do a 4L starter and have it ready to go for Sunday evening, and as can be seen I'm running short on time. My plan was to step it up from the 1L to the 4L after the 1L finished.
So how can I be assured of having a 4L starter ready to go? My thoughts were this:
1.) Take the gravity of the 1L starter tonight.
2.) Make 3L of wort with a high enough gravity so that when I add the 1L starter the total gravity is 1.040ish.
3.) Let the now 4L starter ferment for 48 hours (this puts it finishing on Saturday night) at 65-68 degrees (hopefully speeds it up so it can finish in 48 hours)
4.) Crash cool in fridge for 12-18 hours.
5.) Decant and pitch
Is this realistic? A decent plan? Any other suggestions? Or should I just scrap brewing this Sunday and do it next weekend when the yeast have more time to do their thing in the starter?