aschecte
Apprentice
This may have been posted before but I'm not finding it. I have punched in all my numbers batch size, OG , ale, etc and double checked all yeast starter settings which show the accepted "rule of thumb" numbers ie. .75mil/mil plato for ales 1.5 for lagers etc. now for my question beersmith 2 says I need to make a 1.14 liter starter with 1 smack pack or vial on a stir plate. Now for comparison on mr .malty or ANY other starter program for the same exact settings with the same batch size and the same OG (1.069 ) all programs say I need 261 billion cells but allt eh other programs require a 2.64 liter starter for 1 pack on a stir plate. This is more than double the size that beersmith says I need. why ? either beersmith is correct and everyone else is wrong or I'm doing something wrong or beersmith is off in its calcs. Please anyone that knows about this please help. Thanks.