Default pitch rates in million cells per millilitre per degree Plato.
0.75 for ales and 1.5 for lagers are the long-standing Chris White /
Yeast (White & Zainasheff, 2010) figures. Lagers get double because they
ferment cold and slowly. Wheat beers are pitched at the ale rate. Some
brewers underpitch them on purpose for more ester and phenol character, but
that's a choice and not a sensible default. Anything unclassified falls back
to the ale rate.
Default pitch rates in million cells per millilitre per degree Plato.
0.75 for ales and 1.5 for lagers are the long-standing Chris White / Yeast (White & Zainasheff, 2010) figures. Lagers get double because they ferment cold and slowly. Wheat beers are pitched at the ale rate. Some brewers underpitch them on purpose for more ester and phenol character, but that's a choice and not a sensible default. Anything unclassified falls back to the ale rate.