Brewpilot
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Why not? If I make my starter a couple days prior to brewing, in my 6.5 gallon carboy, would that be a problem? Then rack my wort into the starter and tada????
Brewpilot
Brewpilot
wingtipz said:Too much airspace maybe? Just thinking out loud here...
I've always splashed the wort as it enters the carboy and then shook the dickens out of it before I pitch the yeast and I have never, in 11 years of brewing, Had a contaminated or infected batch. I don't see this as an issue.Bobby_M said:The only way I'd suggest this is OK is if you have a CO2 bottle to purge the headspace. It would take a while for a small starter to produce enough CO2 to do it on its own. I know it sounds counterintuitive. You want to get a ton of O2 in the solution, but you don't want contaminated air. This is the key reason I loathe the shaky shake method of aeration in any case.
Bobby_M said:not putting the lid on your kettle while you chill or any other step of the process prior to fermentation.
Chimone said:good idea....basically you would be pitching onto a small cake...
however, alot of us like to decant the beer off the yeast before pitching. its not much, but the off flavors of the starters could affect the flavor of your beer depending on the style.
knipknup said:Sounds like you could have overpitching here. Doesn't that lead to off flavors?
Brewpilot said:I AM looking into buying a $4 one gallon carboy to accomplish this as well.
Walker-san said:You can look at it as getting 1 gallon of juice for $1 if it helps. Plus, you might have an easier time getting the jug of juice past your wife. She'll think you just picked it up to drink and you can later say, "Hey.... you know what? I should keep that jug!"
Yeah, but I thought I read something about over and under pitching being something to consider. I don't remember where I read it or what the concern was. The batch I pitched on my yeast cake is in secondary now so I don't know the affects yet.Chimone said:You've never pitched onto a yeast cake before?
knipknup said:Yeah, but I thought I read something about over and under pitching being something to consider.
LouT said:The carboy (2.5 gal) is not full, it has about 3 qarts of low density wort in it (3 q of water, boiled w/about 1.5 cups of DME and a few tablespoons corn sugar, and about a teaspoon of yeast nutrient. Never did get a large krausen, but it's active, I think I'll rack off the "beer", though, as someone said, to avoid any "off" tastes. I like the one gallon jug idea!
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