Yeast Starter Volume.

[Raven1469]

Hi all,

I've been brewing for a while now, but have a question that I've been arguing with myself over for the past few brews.

Say I need a 1.5 liter yeast starter, should I be putting in 1.5 liters of wort WITHOUT yeast, or should my final volume be 1.5 liters including yeast?

For instance, I just had to do a step up yeast starter. After the first step, I had ~500ml of yeast slurry to add to the next step of the starter. The next step called for a starter of 1.5 liters. I made 1.5 liters of wort then added my yeast so the final volume of my starter was just about 2 liters.

Like I said, I've been going back and forth about this with myself =)

Thanks for everyone's help!

 

[m00ps]

so 1.5L you need basically 1.5L fresh wort. You can start at 500ml, let settle overnight or in the fridge, decant, and fill it back up with fresh wort

 

[d3track]

Without yeast - make it easier on yourself.

It's more about the amount of fermentables at the gravity range.

 

[Raven1469]

The 500ml slurry was decanted! I figured it was more about making sure there was enough food for the yeast! Thanks for the responses! It puts my mind to ease.