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Thank you for the quick response to my question! My thought was make the necessary 15 L of starter in a 5 gal food container from a single smack pack, and use an aquarium aerator to both circulate the starter and aerate it. Is this approach reasonable?

The recipe worked well with an initial batch. Only criticisms were the sticky result and under carbonation. It appeared the fermentation halted after 4 days in the fermenter. Considering the required pitch rate of 526 billion cells (Using the excellent BrewersFriend calculator) needed for a...