{"id":820,"date":"2013-10-02T20:08:54","date_gmt":"2013-10-03T03:08:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hellbach.us\/blog\/?p=820"},"modified":"2013-10-02T20:39:53","modified_gmt":"2013-10-03T03:39:53","slug":"yeast-starters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hellbach.us\/blog\/food-drink\/beer\/yeast-starters\/","title":{"rendered":"Yeast starters"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:4593,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.mrmalty.com\\\/pitching.php&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:4594,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.mrmalty.com\\\/starter_faq.php&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20251010083516\\\/http:\\\/\\\/www.mrmalty.com\\\/starter_faq.php&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-11-19 15:17:30&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-11-19 15:17:30&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mrmalty.com\/pitching.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><\/p>\n<h2>Proper Yeast Pitching Rates<\/h2>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ales &amp; Lagers<\/li>\n<li>\nThe Math<\/li>\n<li>\nPitching From Tubes, Packs, or Dry Yeast<\/li>\n<li>\nStarters and Stir Plates<\/li>\n<li>\nRepitching Yeast<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>There is quite a lot of information and discussion on the web and in books about proper yeast pitching rates. Maybe it is the wealth of information that makes it so confusing, but I run into many people that are completely confused about how much yeast they should pitch. Hopefully, the following won&#8217;t just add more confusion, but instead it will make it a little easier to understand the math behind pitching rates and what is really required.<\/p>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mrmalty.com\/starter_faq.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Fourteen Essential Questions About Yeast Starters<\/a><\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>Q: Do I always need to make a starter?<\/li>\n<li>Q: When shouldn&#8217;t I make a starter?<\/li>\n<li>Q: How do I make a starter?<\/li>\n<li>Q: Should I add hops when I make my starter wort?<\/li>\n<li>Q: Should I add oxygen to my starter?<\/li>\n<li>Q: How much yeast or how big a starter do I need?<\/li>\n<li>Q: Does a starter need to be kept at the same temperature as it is going to ferment the batch of beer later?<\/li>\n<li>Q: At what point do I pitch the starter into the wort?<\/li>\n<li>Q: I&#8217;ve heard that too small or too large a starter can be bad for the yeast. How is that possible?<\/li>\n<li>Q: If I&#8217;m making a high gravity beer, shouldn&#8217;t I make a high gravity starter so the yeast become acclimated?<\/li>\n<li>Q: When increasing a starter in steps, should the steps be a certain size?<\/li>\n<li>Q: Don&#8217;t I need a stir plate to make a starter?<\/li>\n<li>Q: Can I pitch just a portion of the pack\/vial into the same sized starter and get the same amount of cells at the end?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Proper Yeast Pitching Rates Ales &amp; Lagers The Math Pitching From Tubes, Packs, or Dry Yeast Starters and Stir Plates Repitching Yeast There is quite a lot of information and discussion on the web and in books about proper yeast &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hellbach.us\/blog\/food-drink\/beer\/yeast-starters\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-820","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-beer"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Yeast starters - Hellbach blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/hellbach.us\/blog\/food-drink\/beer\/yeast-starters\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Yeast starters - Hellbach blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Proper Yeast Pitching Rates Ales &amp; 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