Doubling the amount of yeast.

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monty1
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Doubling the amount of yeast.

Post by monty1 »

I was really pleased with my last batch (single hop Citra ale), but I only made a 10 litre batch. I want to reproduce this beer but make more of it and make some slight improvements.

My 10 litre batch used 1 whole sachet of a US west coast ale yeast, to ensure I get as close as possible to the brew I have this time should I also double the yeast? My original brew used yeast for a full size batch for a half size batch, but I don't know how much impact this would have had on the beer overall.

Should i double the yeast to remain closer to doubling the original recipe, or should I just not worry about it?

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PMowdes
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Re: Doubling the amount of yeast.

Post by PMowdes »

Have a look at http://www.mrmalty.com/calc/calc.html

Put in your target OG and batch size, select the dried yeast tab and it will tell you how much yeast you need.

Simple.
60 percent of the time it works every time.
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