Lager Yeast Starter

[Scott H]

Considering brewing a Helles Bock and the calculated starter volume is 8L (Sheesh).

My question is if you've done something with a starter of this size before did you chill it the night b4 to drain off a lot of the unnecessary liquid or just pitched the whole thing into the batch?

If I do pitch the whole thing will all that DME change the flavour of the beer considerably, its only a 19L batch ....

Any help be mucho appreciated

[Scott H]

if it wasn't $19 a pop I would consider it.