Yeast starter size

[Blazinlow86]

Curious what size starter others are doing. My standard process for say a 10 gallon batch is one fresh pack of liquid yeast into a 1litre flask on the stirplate. When completed I decanter and pitch into a 5 litre starter on the stirplate again. Decenter again once completed then pitch into the wort. This would be for 1.050 gravity and below. I'm starting to think I'm wasting alot of dme over pitching . Thoughts?

 

[homebrewer_99]

I think everyone does about the same, only 1 liter (some decant, some don't) per 5 gals. So, a 5 liter starter is a bit overkill when 2 liters would do perfectly.

 

[flars]

I use this calculator as a guide. Starter size and step(s) depends upon the OG of the beer and age of the yeast.
http://www.brewunited.com/yeast_calculator.php

 

[kh54s10]

I too use a calculator. http://www.yeastcalculator.com/

I make the size of starter I need based on the gravity of the beer. Lager or ale. And the age of the yeast.

But I may be trying this in the near future: https://www.experimentalbrew.com/blogs/denny/old-dognew-tricks There is a link for more info at the bottom.