I am about to open a small brewery and wanted to ask everyone's experiences on ordering White Labs yeast. Basically we are back to back batching a little under 1.5 bbls into a 3bbl fermenter (I know, nano - bad idea. too late.)
I just got an account with White Labs and I was thinking about ordering a 2bbl pitch and starting off a smaller batch (about 40 gallons) and then collecting that yeast slurry to pitch into the 3bbls after harvesting (at the proper rate).
So, my question is, how are the White Labs pitches? The beer is a 1.065 IPA and I'd rather not use the 40 gallons as a big starter but rather collect the beer as a first batch. Being a long time homebrewer I know that White Labs sells their vials a"pitchable" when in actuality they are not quite "all that". OTOH I am not down with making starters if I can just order the yeast.
Any help would be appreciated!
I just got an account with White Labs and I was thinking about ordering a 2bbl pitch and starting off a smaller batch (about 40 gallons) and then collecting that yeast slurry to pitch into the 3bbls after harvesting (at the proper rate).
So, my question is, how are the White Labs pitches? The beer is a 1.065 IPA and I'd rather not use the 40 gallons as a big starter but rather collect the beer as a first batch. Being a long time homebrewer I know that White Labs sells their vials a"pitchable" when in actuality they are not quite "all that". OTOH I am not down with making starters if I can just order the yeast.
Any help would be appreciated!
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