Catch-22
Brewer
Good morning, and Happy New Year! I plan on spending the first day of this new year brewing a stout kit that I have (extract) and I have a lot of washed US-05 yeast from a porter that I harvested about 2-3 weeks ago. I've washed it a couple of times and split it into two mason jars. I have never used a yeast slurry before...so I am very new at this process
Attached is a photo of one of the mason jars.
My question is in two parts:
I used Mr. Malty to calculate the amount of slurry, and given that I set it for a medium thickness, it's telling me about 138 ml of the slurry to use, based on harvest date. Does this sound about right?
Also, due to the OG of the stout expecting to be in the 1.058 range, and the slurry isn't that old, I'm assuming that as long as enough is pitched I should not have to worry about having made a starter ahead of time. Correct?
Any thoughts would be helpful! Thank you all!
Attached is a photo of one of the mason jars.
My question is in two parts:
I used Mr. Malty to calculate the amount of slurry, and given that I set it for a medium thickness, it's telling me about 138 ml of the slurry to use, based on harvest date. Does this sound about right?
Also, due to the OG of the stout expecting to be in the 1.058 range, and the slurry isn't that old, I'm assuming that as long as enough is pitched I should not have to worry about having made a starter ahead of time. Correct?
Any thoughts would be helpful! Thank you all!