andre_0101
Member
Hello!
I am a relatively new home brewer making small 1 gallon BIAB batches. I just recently started trying out liquid yeast instead of dry yeast in my brews.
My question is this. Wyeast says the following on their website regarding their smackpacks:
"
The Wyeast Activator Smack Pack is designed to directly inoculate 5 gallons (19 L) of standard ale wort (O.G. <1.060) at the correct pitch rate for reliable, consistent brewing.
"
However if I go to a yeast pitch rate calculator, Yeast Calculator for example, and I calculate the pitch rate for a 5 gallon, 1.050 brew it tells me I need 176 billion yeast cells.
My confusion point is the Wyeast smack packs contain 100 billion yeas cells and according to them I should be able to directly pitch their pack without a starter. But according to the yeast calculator I would be 76 billion cells short...
I know technically I could create a yeast starter but this is more to understand the discrepancy between the two scenarios and also so I can figure out how much liquid yeast I should be adding to 1 gallon batch's of medium to high gravity brews. I am thinking half a pack to a full pack for each gravity level respectively should have me covered but not sure.
Any input would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you!
I am a relatively new home brewer making small 1 gallon BIAB batches. I just recently started trying out liquid yeast instead of dry yeast in my brews.
My question is this. Wyeast says the following on their website regarding their smackpacks:
"
The Wyeast Activator Smack Pack is designed to directly inoculate 5 gallons (19 L) of standard ale wort (O.G. <1.060) at the correct pitch rate for reliable, consistent brewing.
"
However if I go to a yeast pitch rate calculator, Yeast Calculator for example, and I calculate the pitch rate for a 5 gallon, 1.050 brew it tells me I need 176 billion yeast cells.
My confusion point is the Wyeast smack packs contain 100 billion yeas cells and according to them I should be able to directly pitch their pack without a starter. But according to the yeast calculator I would be 76 billion cells short...
I know technically I could create a yeast starter but this is more to understand the discrepancy between the two scenarios and also so I can figure out how much liquid yeast I should be adding to 1 gallon batch's of medium to high gravity brews. I am thinking half a pack to a full pack for each gravity level respectively should have me covered but not sure.
Any input would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you!