philm63
Grandmaster Brewer
Getting ready to brew my Belgian Blond this coming weekend and will be making a starter using my new stir plate for the first time. The calculators are telling me I'll need around 1.6L to get the desired cell count when using a stir plate.
Question is; do I pitch the whole starter at high krausen, or let it finish, settle, decant and pitch only the slurry?
I'm not looking for the shortest possible lag time - I'll take healthy yeast growth over short lag times every day - so getting the yeast to start doing its thing quickly is not my concern.
My concern is it's a 5.25 gallon batch, and 1.6L of some "other" liquid may have some effect on the flavor of the finished beer. Granted I will be using the exact same DME for the starter as in the beer (my recipe only has a few ounces of the DME...) so I'm not sure if I am really going to have a flavor issue adding a 1.6L starter.
Suggestions?
Question is; do I pitch the whole starter at high krausen, or let it finish, settle, decant and pitch only the slurry?
I'm not looking for the shortest possible lag time - I'll take healthy yeast growth over short lag times every day - so getting the yeast to start doing its thing quickly is not my concern.
My concern is it's a 5.25 gallon batch, and 1.6L of some "other" liquid may have some effect on the flavor of the finished beer. Granted I will be using the exact same DME for the starter as in the beer (my recipe only has a few ounces of the DME...) so I'm not sure if I am really going to have a flavor issue adding a 1.6L starter.
Suggestions?