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[HVB]

Anything wrong with building up a starter and after it is all done to mix it all up and pour in into several mason  jars?  I tend to do the shaken not stirred starter these days and that does not allow for over building and with hoppy beers I tend not to want to save the yeast so my plan was to just do a starter and save it in 4 mason jars.  I assume I am over thinking this.

[neddles]

Anything wrong with building up a starter and after it is all done to mix it all up and pour in into several mason  jars?  I tend to do the shaken not stirred starter these days and that does not allow for over building and with hoppy beers I tend not to want to save the yeast so my plan was to just do a starter and save it in 4 mason jars.  I assume I am over thinking this.

Your plan is solid. I have split the first starter several times with good success. I write down the estimated number of cells and the date of harvest on each jar for reference when I go to build another starter from them.

[positiveContact]

that's essentially what I used to do to save yeast except part of the starter would be used immediately.

[matt6150]

That's what I do. I make a starter and split it in two. Put half in a mason jar for later and the other half I make a new/bigger starter that I will pitch.

[HVB]

Thank you all for letting me know I am not going crazy, at least for today!

[djinkc]

My starters are usually 2.75L.  2.5L gets pitched and 500ml gets saved for the next one.