Starter Questions for Russian Imperial Stout

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  1. ghostinthemachine

    ghostinthemachine Initiate (0) Aug 14, 2015 Louisiana

    #1 ghostinthemachine, Jun 14, 2016
  2. scurvy311

    scurvy311 Savant (1,135) Dec 3, 2005 Louisiana

    It depends on how soon you want beer vs. how soon you want to get your RIS going. You can do your starter over a few days then brew your RIS. You'll have to wait until your small beer is finished otherwise.

    Btw, it was cool meeting you at NOLA IBF a few weekends ago.
     
    #2 scurvy311, Jun 15, 2016
  3. Lukass

    Lukass Pooh-Bah (2,891) Dec 16, 2012 Ohio
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    Funny, I've always wanted to meet someone who frequents the home brewing forums on BA. @ghostinthemachine I'm assuming your doing this for the old raspy clone? I think I did 2 step-ups with wlp001 for mine. Second step up actually blew my foam stopper clear off the flask so I knew what I was getting into early on! Blow off tube is a must for this batch, but if you do a .75 L starter, followed by a 1.5 L in 1 weeks time that'll be enough to get that beast fermented down.
     
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  4. ghostinthemachine

    ghostinthemachine Initiate (0) Aug 14, 2015 Louisiana

    Good meeting you as well!! sorry we were in a batchelor party, we'd have stuck with you all night if we hadnt been.

    I'll have a few weeks, I've decided to brew my amber for the clash of the carboys before doing the stout so I'll have some time to do a small batch. I use wyeast 1272 for my amber so that yeast cake wont work.
     
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