Too Little yeast??

[gfries]

So I just brewed a celebration clone based off of the below recipe, I dropped the IBU's down to 36ibu's, and upscaled the recipe to a 10gal using beersmith2 and went to town. I did this because i like the celbration ale, but it's insane on the hop additions. I ended up netting about 14.5 gallons, with a lower OG than expected 1.060-1.065 that I'm ok with i'll just boil up some priming sugar for 15 minutes chill it and dump it in the primary. my concern is i didn't have time for a yeast starter, and I ended up with an extra 4.5 gallons of wort to ferment. I'm thinking of doing one of the couple things below.. I have already pitched 2vials of wlp001

1. buy another vial, run a starter for a few days then pitch
2. buy another vial and pitch now

On a side note, beersmith2 kicks ass! IMO I will be buying this software.



Sierra Nevada Celebration Ale Clone - Herbaljoe
October 23, 2007

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Category
India Pale Ale (IPA)
Subcategory
American IPA
Recipe Type
All Grain
Batch Size
6 gal
Volume Boiled
8 gal
Mash Efficiency
84 %
Total Grain/Extract
13.57 lbs
Total Hops
10.4 oz
Calories (12 fl. oz.)
211.3
Cost to Brew
$70.22 (USD)
Cost per Bottle (12 fl. oz.)
$1.10 (USD)
Summary : Based on Mike McDole's recipe, I scaled it down to 6 gal. and further scaled to match my efficiency.

11.17 lbs American 2-row info

.8 lbs Belgian Cara-Pils info

.8 lbs Crystal Malt 60°L info

.4 lbs Crystal Malt 120°L info

.4 lbs American Munich info

1.04 oz Chinook (Pellets, 11.00 %AA) boiled 60 min. info

2.09 oz Centennial (Pellets, 9.9 %AA) boiled 15 min. info

2.09 oz Cascade (Pellets, 6.7 %AA) boiled 5 min. info

2.09 oz Cascade (Pellets, 6.7 %AA) boiled .01 min. info

1.04 oz Centennial (Pellets, 10.4 %AA) used as dry hop. info

1.04 oz Chinook (Pellets, 11 %AA) used as dry hop. info

1.04 oz Cascade (Pellets, 6.7 %AA) used as dry hop. info

1 oz. Chinook (Pellets, 11.4 AA) added to the mash. (not included in calculations)
Yeast : WYeast 1056 American Ale™ info


Add 1 oz. Chinook hops to the mash. Single infusion mash at 154 deg for 60 minutes while recirculating. Boil 90 minutes. Use HopBack for final hop addition. Ferment at 67 deg. Add dry hops after about 5 days or once airlock bubbles are 15 seconds apart. Dry hop for 5 - 7 days or until desired flavor is reached.

Predicted American IPA Compliance
Original Gravity
1.064 1.056 - 1.075 100 %
Terminal Gravity
1.013 1.010 - 1.018 100 %
Color
14.44 °SRM 6.00 - 15.00 °SRM 100 %
Bitterness
88.1 IBU 40.00 - 70.00 IBU 40 %
Alcohol (%volume)
6.7 % 5.50 - 7.50 % 100 %
88 % overall

Apparent Real
Original Extract
15.59 °Plato 15.59 °Plato

Attenuation
78.6 % 63.6 %

Extract
3.34 °Plato 5.67 °Plato
% Weight % Volume
Alcohol
5.2 % 6.7 %


Weight
(lbs) Gravity Points Color
(MCU)
American 2-row
11.17 (82.3%)
318.1 (83.1%)
20.1 (15.9%)

Belgian Cara-Pils
.8 (5.9%)
21.5 (5.6%)
6.2 (4.9%)

Crystal Malt 60°L
.8 (5.9%)
21.5 (5.6%)
48.0 (38.0%)

Crystal Malt 120°L
.4 (2.9%)
10.4 (2.7%)
48.0 (38.0%)

American Munich
.4 (2.9%)
11.1 (2.9%)
4.0 (3.2%)


Variety %Alpha
Acid Weight
(oz) Boil
(minutes) Formula %Utilization
@ 1.048 IBU <span class="label_wh">IBU</span> Average IBU
Chinook (Pellets) 11.00 1.04 60 Rager 30.0 42.8 42.8
Centennial (Pellets) 9.9 2.09 15 Rager 10.1 26.1 26.1
Cascade (Pellets) 6.7 2.09 5 Rager 6.0 10.5 10.5
Cascade (Pellets) 6.7 2.09 .01 Rager 5.0 8.7 8.7
Centennial (Pellets) 10.4 1.04 - Dry Hopped -
Chinook (Pellets) 11 1.04 - Dry Hopped -
Cascade (Pellets) 6.7 1.04 - Dry Hopped -
Total IBU 88.1

 

[luke2080]

So you've pitched 2 vials for 14.5 gallons. I think without a started, you'd really need 2 vials per 5 G at that OG.

so rather then wait 2-3 days for your starters, missing some of the primary fermentation - I'd buy 3 vials and pitch now. Not 1. You'd still be underpitching by quite a bit unless I'm missing something. But I'm also more interested in my fantasy football team right now then calculating this.

 

[gfries]

Thanks Luke, I'll go pick a few up now. I figured I was low not quite that low but egh this is why i use dry yeast... simplicity and consistancy and cheap.. i'm saving this yeast cake...