In beersmith it says I need 13 pkgs of yeast to ferment my beer! That's impossible. I designed a regular pale ale with an og of 1.056. I'm under the impression for a 5.5 gal batch the tube alone is enough but I guess my question is I'd like to do a starter to ensure healthy yeast how big a starter should I do? The beersmith says this beer needs aprox 220billion and I am assuming the white labs w001 has at least 100 billion
Yeast starter questions
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D_Ranged_Eskimo
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Check the viable yeast date on Beersmith. It took me a while to figure out that's what was throwing off the calculation. Mine is defaulting to 2/20 something 2011 and stating a viable yeast amout of about 5%.
After I fixed this, it spits out correct pitching rates.
If you want another option to calculate them, check out mrmalty.com for starter rates.
Good luck!
After I fixed this, it spits out correct pitching rates.
If you want another option to calculate them, check out mrmalty.com for starter rates.
Good luck!
BoogieBrandBooze
Well-Known Member
Check the "package date" for your yeast in Beersmith. It sometimes defaults to some wacky dates and my guess is it is probably at least 6 months off.
Here is someone who had this problem very recently:
https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f84/beersmith-yeast-overload-304485/
Here is someone who had this problem very recently:
https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f84/beersmith-yeast-overload-304485/
