Planning on brewing up a big batch of saison in 10 days or so. I wanted to split 10 gallons into two separate 5 gal worts- half to be a traditional saison the other half to be pitched with Brett Trois/lambicus left over from a 100% Brett farmhouse that finished up fermenting (saved some of the yeast).
LHBS only had WL568 belgian saison yeast blend which came highly recommended. I need to build it up though over the next few days for the total 10 gallons. Since it is a blend, will making a starter alter the characteristics much of the final beer and if so would it be bad to do anyways?
The strains may reproduce at a different rate, but at the homebrew level I don’t think it will be noticeable. I’ve heard that blends of yeast and bugs or brett can be way out of whack due to rate of growth.
Yeah I’ve heard the same thing about a blend such as Roselare from Wyeast but wasn’t sure about one simply containing different saccharomyces strains.
I’ve made starters with that blend and it turned out lovely. I can’t say that it would have been different/better/worse than had I not made a starter but it was nice with one.