Small Yeast Starter

[technoicon]

Hi,

I just did my first double batch 40l of beer. but i only decided to do this tonight. so my yeast starter i for only one brew.

I was wondering if it's better to let it build up in the starter over night, and leave my brew cool and hopefully not get any germs?

Or should I pitch half a starter in each?

what are the pros and cons of this?

if it's just a slow start then that's fine. but if it's a high finish then i'd probably prefer to wait.

Cheers

AF

 

[raven19]

Hi mate, I would build the starter overnight for sure.

Pros = Yeast will grow quicker in a smaller wort environment

Cons = 12 hours of wort on its own - not an issue necessarily if you have good sanitation practices - some yeasts take a while to get going in any case

 

[marksfish]

go the starter and pitch at high krausen the yeast will be fired up and ready to work.

 

[technoicon]

what does having more yeast achieve though?

just quicker ferment or lower gravity in the end?

 

[kenlock]

what does having more yeast achieve though?

just quicker ferment or lower gravity in the end?

Stressed yeast will produce non wanted flavours.

 

[technoicon]

Hey guys,

just an update on this. i had a 1.25 lt starter that was really going off it's head!
i split it in 2.

pitched one and left the other for another night, adding wort to it to.

the one is pitched straight away was finished in 3 days! a record for me (the real record was from grain to empty keg in 10 days)

the second i pitched the next day. say story finished in about 3 days.

So healthy yeast is what it's all about.

awesome fury.