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	FORUM ON BEER, HOMEBREWING, AND RELATED ISSUES
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Contents:
  Starter ("Rob Moline")
  RE: Pitching Yeast ("David Houseman")
  RE: pitching yeast ("Mike Patient")


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Date: Mon, 18 Jan 2010 01:46:07 -0600
From: "Rob Moline" <jethrogump at suddenlink.net>
Subject: Starter

>From: Adam Bryant <adam at mprsupply.com>
>Subject: pitching yeast

>I know that having plenty of healthy yeast is essential. I typically do a
medium yeast starter from the wyyeast smack >packs for my 5gal batches. 
>I am starting an experiment with a 1gal batch of  ESB that has a gravity of
1.053. Is it necessary to make a starter for >my 1gal batch and if so, how
much?
>Thanks,
>New brewer

Sounds like you already are making a starter...a one gallon starter!   ;=)
Of course, a sachet of Nott or Windsor would be overkill in a 1 g batch...

jethrogump

Rob Moline
Danstar

"The More I Know About Beer, The More I Realize I Need To Know More About
Beer!"



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Date: Mon, 18 Jan 2010 07:19:19 -0500
From: "David Houseman" <david.houseman at verizon.net>
Subject: RE: Pitching Yeast

Adam,

I'll admit I'm not one to count yeast cells, but that's the approach.   Yes, 
you want the proper amount of healthy yeast.   More for lagers than ales, 
and more for bigger beers than smaller beers.   Since yeast produce the 
majority of esters early during reproduction, and you do want esters in most 
ales, you do want yeast growth, so don't pitch too much yeast.   For a clean 
lager you don't want esters so you do want plenty of yeast so there is much 
less reproduction and yeast gets to the job of fermentation.

Dave Houseman



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Date: Mon, 18 Jan 2010 15:32:26 -0500
From: "Mike Patient" <mpatient at rta.biz>
Subject: RE: pitching yeast

In reply to the yeast pitching question, 
there is two ways you could be going with Wyeast.  
Either you are buying the Propagator packs, or Activator packs.
http://www.wyeastlab.com/hb_products.cfm
Propagators have 25 billion cells, and Activators have 100 billion.
If you have the propagator you need to make a starter to pitch, 
if you get the activators, just break the smack pack and wait around 
a day and pitch directly to 5 gallons of wort.
Personally, I go with the Activator packs and have never had a problem with
yeast amounts.

Hope this helps
Mike






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