Alternative to making a yeast starter | Red IPA

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Stewart Duffy

2018年1月10日 22:14

1 Liter starter of either White Labs WLP001 or Wyeast 1056.

After that is says:

You can substitute one 11.5 gram package of Safale US-05 for the starter of liquid yeast.

My question is, instead of making a yeast starter, can I just buy 2 packets of Safale US-05 (https://www.homebrewwest.co.nz/safale-us05.html) and add them?

Another options I was considering was using 1 packet of liquid CALIFORNIA ALE YEAST - WLP001 (https://www.homebrewwest.co.nz/california-ale-yeast-wlp001.html)

Would either of these options be a suitable alternative to making the yeast starter?

Thanks.

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Roman · Accepted Answer · 2018年1月10日 22:14

Words "1 liter starter" imply the number of active yeast cells that you're supposed to pitch. Number of yeast cells in one sachet of dry yeast will be roughly the same, especially if you re-hydrate that dry yeast in small amount of sterile water of room temperature (sprinkling dry yeast directly into wort is a bad idea, as ~50% yeast cells will die of osmotic shock).
US-05 is the same strain as WLP001, so you should be fine.
On "high gravity beers" and starters. For high gravity beers you need starters bigger than 1 liter. You can play with yeast pitch calculator at http://www.mrmalty.com/calc/calc.html to see for yourself.