Yeast.. multiple packs or big starter
Posted: Fri Aug 19, 2016 2:29 pm
I'm going to start a new line of yeast for my brewery. The current 835 is getting tired and the Whitelabs we get must come through a few distributors before it gets to my LHBS because the last few lots received have been dead. Shipping a few packs this time of year from a bigger supplier is risky with the 100 deg days here. My LHBS can get much fresher WY so I'm going to try WL2206 as per Bryans recommendation and pitch 5 smack packs to begin with a good cell count. Apparently my store is getting a shipment from Wyeast this coming Friday that will have been packaged on the previous Monday so it will be quite fresh yeast.
My question is.. does anyone know if there is some kind of nutrients in the Wyeast pack that might be an overload when adding 5 of them to one 6 gal batch? Might it be wise to smack say two of them and maybe just pour the sediment from other 3 directly in the fermenter excluding the smack bubble contents? Or would it be wise to do a starter first either excluding or including the nutrient bubble content?
I am worried about adding too much nitrogen and trace metals from nutrients in the packs to the system.
My question is.. does anyone know if there is some kind of nutrients in the Wyeast pack that might be an overload when adding 5 of them to one 6 gal batch? Might it be wise to smack say two of them and maybe just pour the sediment from other 3 directly in the fermenter excluding the smack bubble contents? Or would it be wise to do a starter first either excluding or including the nutrient bubble content?
I am worried about adding too much nitrogen and trace metals from nutrients in the packs to the system.