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**Brulosopher** · 10-08-2012, 08:03 PM

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Originally Posted by stompbox

I do not recommend using nylon paint strainers during the boil, those temps are too high for a plastic based bag. You can use them for the mash, but I do not recommend it during the boil.

Worked great! I keep it off the bottom of the kettle.

tknice · 10-09-2012, 01:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Brulosopher

Worked great! I keep it off the bottom of the kettle.

Yes, I've never seen any problems at all with a nylon bag in the boil so long as it's off the bottom.

tennesseean_87 · 10-09-2012, 06:39 PM

So you didn't actually get 65% efficiency, since you were way over your volume? According to my calculations, if you ended up with 8 gallons, you would have needed >100% eff to get to 1.035. Something isn't adding up.

I use washed yeast all the time, and it's worked all but one time. Now that I have the technique down and make starters, I hardly buy yeast.

Trokair · 10-09-2012, 06:50 PM

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Originally Posted by tennesseean_87

So you didn't actually get 65% efficiency, since you were way over your volume? According to my calculations, if you ended up with 8 gallons, you would have needed >100% eff to get to 1.035. Something isn't adding up.

I use washed yeast all the time, and it's worked all but one time. Now that I have the technique down and make starters, I hardly buy yeast.

I was going to ask this. How does washed yeast not work if you create a starter (unless of course you didn't)? I would assume that you wouldn't get any action in the starter and would know ahead of time that the yeast was *bad*. I just washed my first yeast a few weeks ago and am wondering if I should prepare for it not to work in a few months.

BOBTHEukBREWER · 10-09-2012, 07:18 PM

the home brew beers that you were drinking looked cloudy to me - do you grind your irsh moss real fine in a pepper mill?

tennesseean_87 · 10-10-2012, 12:32 AM

If you keep it in the fridge, it should be good for a while. I've heard report for starters made after a whole year. I've not done nearly that long, but have gone for several months.

What's this about grinding Irish moss? I use it (unground), but I don't always get crystal beer (chill haze, maybe?).

**Brulosopher** · 10-10-2012, 01:59 AM

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Originally Posted by Trokair

I was going to ask this. How does washed yeast not work if you create a starter (unless of course you didn't)? I would assume that you wouldn't get any action in the starter and would know ahead of time that the yeast was *bad*. I just washed my first yeast a few weeks ago and am wondering if I should prepare for it not to work in a few months.

I said in the original post that I didn't make a starter. It was a shotgun brew day

**Brulosopher** · 10-10-2012, 02:00 AM

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Originally Posted by BOBTHEukBREWER

the home brew beers that you were drinking looked cloudy to me - do you grind your irsh moss real fine in a pepper mill?

Nah, they're both clear. It was warm out and you're seeing condensation.

**jwalk4** · 10-10-2012, 02:39 PM

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Originally Posted by BOBTHEukBREWER

the home brew beers that you were drinking looked cloudy to me - do you grind your irsh moss real fine in a pepper mill?

I thought they looked pretty good, I can see the bottom of the other side of the glass! I'd kill for my beers to be that clear....

**Brulosopher** · 10-11-2012, 04:32 AM

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Originally Posted by jwalk4

I thought they looked pretty good, I can see the bottom of the other side of the glass! I'd kill for my beers to be that clear....

I use Irish moss/Whirlfloc, ferment well, cold crash for 24-48 hours, and keg. Also, I've become a huge fan of WLP090 yeast because it drops almost as well as English strains, unlike WLP001... which I used in the beers you saw. Cheers!!