Not sure if it should go here or in the general homebrewing area. My son and I have a window on Sunday to brew. He wants to learn, he's rugby-strong, and wants to do all the heavy lifting. All I do are calculations, and teach. Pretty sweet deal.
Problem is, I'm an idiot in that I screwed up the time allotted to getting up to speed on the multi-stage starter. For my 10ish gallon batches, I go slant-10ml-100ml-1000ml-4000ml. I'd planned to finish up 4000 by Saturday night, crash overnight, normal sop from there as of Sunday morning. Everything on a stir plate.
Almost without exception, I always go with 24 hours per stage. For me to get this ready, it would have to be 12 hours per stage, until pitching at the 4000ml level, when I can finally give 24 hours and go from there.
I suspect I'm sacrificing yeast buildup, which defeats the purpose. This is an English ale with OG 14.5 P.
Thoughts on 12 hour stir for the early stages? Many thanks.
Problem is, I'm an idiot in that I screwed up the time allotted to getting up to speed on the multi-stage starter. For my 10ish gallon batches, I go slant-10ml-100ml-1000ml-4000ml. I'd planned to finish up 4000 by Saturday night, crash overnight, normal sop from there as of Sunday morning. Everything on a stir plate.
Almost without exception, I always go with 24 hours per stage. For me to get this ready, it would have to be 12 hours per stage, until pitching at the 4000ml level, when I can finally give 24 hours and go from there.
I suspect I'm sacrificing yeast buildup, which defeats the purpose. This is an English ale with OG 14.5 P.
Thoughts on 12 hour stir for the early stages? Many thanks.