Hello. I am opening up our first location for our brewery early this fall! I've been a home brewer for 10+ years and now I am ready to make the small step to a 2 bbl system. We have some 2 bbl fermenters for single batches and 3.5 bbl fermenters for double. I've often been proud of my beer on a keggle system and give most of the credit due to my yeast practice. If I am using a starter then I always use liquid yeast, smack packs or white labs. Even with smack packs, I make a 5 L starter. I then save the yeast after fermentation and store it in mason jars for the next batch. For the next batch, again I make another 5 L starter, mainly because on the keggle system it is still a hobby and I like to stay crafty.
So I am trying to scale this step on the 2 bbl system but I am not sure if it is necessary or not to use a yeast starter. If I wanted to start my yeast on a 2 bbl batch, how is the best way to do this?
Thanks in advance for any advice. Cheers!
So I am trying to scale this step on the 2 bbl system but I am not sure if it is necessary or not to use a yeast starter. If I wanted to start my yeast on a 2 bbl batch, how is the best way to do this?
- Should I get 12 smack packs or white labs, along with DME, and make 6 starters in 6 X 5 L Erlenmeyer Flasks? This seems like a lot of work to get the right cell count.
- Make a 10 gallon on the keggle system a few days before brew day and dump that into the fermenter on brew day
- Do away with a starter and just buy 12 or 15 smack packs
- Scratch all of these ideas and go with another suggested method
Thanks in advance for any advice. Cheers!
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