The Little Known Yeast Starter ?

[DizzyPants]

So, I pitched a yeast starter for the first time after about twenty brews, and man has that thing taken off.

I have brewed both ales and lagers in the past.

I have looked at MrMalty and it says to pitch x.x vials or come up with that much.

Obviously you should pitch more for a lager than ales.

What I find is "make a 2 liter starter" or something like that.

Not one person says "put x.xx of water with x.x DME and creat the starter for a ale/lager.

Anyone help me out?

~Diz

 

[jppostKW]

for a starter wort of 1.040 one lb of DME per gallon of water adjust for your size 1 liter starter .25 lb of extract to a liter of water the size you need depends on the gravity of the beer your making the higher the gravity the more yeast cells needed

 

[jmo88]

Starters should all be about the same OG, about 1.035, to promote healthy reproduction of yeast. If it says to make a 1 litre starter use 100 grams of DME to 1 litre of water. If it says to make a 1.5 liter starter, use 1.5 liters water with 150 grams
of DME. It's simple, the 10ml to 1gr ratio gives you an OG of about 1.035 which is perfect.