Stepping Up A Starter

[bcmaui]

That... is.... f-ing genious. Are you sure you are from AUS?

Thirsty's ancestors must have been white collar criminals.

[Whitebeard_Brewer]

I did an Amber once...

Was she good??

[rhino777]

I did an Amber once...

Glad someone caught that.....

[ApresSkiBrewer]

Ive gone 1L - 2L - 4L and ended up with over 1000billion cells for a big batch of strong beer

Thirsty

1000billion... isn't that like, a Trillion Cells? Buwwa ha ha.

[Henway]

Maybe we can have Megacellcounts...

Then we get:
Gigacells
Teracells
Petacells
Etacells
Exacells
Zettocells
Yottacells


As you can tell, I've never done an Amber...

[remilard]

That... is.... f-ing genious. Are you sure you are from AUS?

Thirsty's ancestors must have been white collar criminals.

Leave it to the penal colony to have experience with yeast colonies.

[larry78cj7]

Made my first starter last night, about 14 hours ago. No krausen yet, but its fizzy as hell when I shake it. Is this normal and I'm just not used to seeing it, or did I screw this up somehow. I used WLP568 into 2 c DME and around 1800 ml of water.

I use 3/4 c DME for 1800ml starter. 2 c seems like a lot.

[ApresSkiBrewer]

I go by weight... 1 gram to every 10 mls.... gets you right around 1.035-1.040 depending on evap.

I haven't made a starter in a while until tonight though, and it seemed like a lot of DME for just a 1500 ml starter...It is more than you would think. So, you might have a really low grav. starter with that. It depends on how compacted the DME was in the measuring cup and whatnot.