1000mL vs 2000mL

Yeast & Fermentation
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I just bought the 2000mL starter kit from NB and I’m planning on making the Belgian Dubbel.

I was just curious as to why its better to do a smaller or larger starter depending on the OG?

Also, what would it change if you made a larger starter on a beer lower than 1.080OG?
Is it just wasteful or is there a reason NOT to? I assume more cells = better beer…

Is there anything wrong with using the larger flask for a smaller starter?

2

No and you will soon find out that quite often the 2000 ml is not big enough for many beers and you will need to go larger.

3

Check out YeastCalc, I think you will like it. Being a new brewer myself, this yeast calculator has helped me so much. There are other calculators out there, but I’m sticking with this one. I used it on my last kit and feel assured I had the proper pitching rate. It gives you instructions on how to make starters for big beers. I can see I will need another 2000ml flask for doing lagers in the future. Good luck! :smiley:

4
http://www.northernbrewer.com/shop/1-gallon-jug.html

The only useful thing I see about the 1g kits.

5

You could use Yeast calc, although it isn’t very accurate. Some simple math will get you closer in my experience. 2 litters of a 10°P wort will grow 200 billion cells. With a stir plate you will get about 300 billion cells.

For details see here:

http://woodlandbrew.blogspot.com/2013/0 ... on-of.html
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So you think that the starter I did will not yield enough cells to product enough alcohol, or what?

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So you think that the starter I did will not yield enough cells to product enough alcohol, or what?[/quote]

You never said what yeast starter you made…Unless I am missing something.

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So you think that the starter I did will not yield enough cells to product enough alcohol, or what?[/quote]

May I suggest a little reading?

http://www.whitelabs.com/beer/Yeast_Life_Cycle.pdf http://www.howtobrew.com/intro.html