Yaset

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fishplate
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Yaset

Post by fishplate » Mon Feb 13, 2012 6:36 pm

How do you work out how much yeast you`ll need for each brew.Only ever done kits and this comes with the yeast included,so never had to think about this.Thanks In Advance

Scroogemonster

Re: Yaset

Post by Scroogemonster » Mon Feb 13, 2012 6:42 pm

One (12g) sachet or one "split" from a yeast vial (usually six splits from a liquid yeast vial) per 23 litres is a reasonable amount.
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Kev

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Post by fishplate » Mon Feb 13, 2012 6:43 pm

Thanks for the quick reply

The_blue

Re: Yaset

Post by The_blue » Mon Feb 13, 2012 10:32 pm

http://www.mrmalty.com/calc/calc.html

I just go with 1 dry pack for 23 litres if below 1050.
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coatesg

Re: Yaset

Post by coatesg » Mon Feb 13, 2012 10:41 pm

Scroogemonster wrote:One (12g) sachet or one "split" from a yeast vial (usually six splits from a liquid yeast vial) per 23 litres is a reasonable amount.
For liquid yeast you really should pitch a bit more. For an ale less than about 1060, you need about 6 million cells per ml, which equates to about a 1-1.5l starter, which us a lot more than a standard six way split.

Scroogemonster

Re: Yaset

Post by Scroogemonster » Mon Feb 13, 2012 11:12 pm

coatesg wrote:
Scroogemonster wrote:One (12g) sachet or one "split" from a yeast vial (usually six splits from a liquid yeast vial) per 23 litres is a reasonable amount.
For liquid yeast you really should pitch a bit more. For an ale less than about 1060, you need about 6 million cells per ml, which equates to about a 1-1.5l starter, which us a lot more than a standard six way split.
Sorry, my mistake. Yes "splits" from a liquid yeast should always be grown on to a starter as GC says (meant to put that in)
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Kev

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