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• Posted in thread: Calculating stepping up a starter on 04-27-2011 at 11:17 AM
  I thought that a 1L starter gets you 152 billion cells. A 2L starter will get you 200 billion
  cells. At least this is what I have read.

• Posted in thread: melanoidin malt on 04-25-2011 at 01:36 PM
  I used 3% in a 1.045 german ale. I thought it was too much. I scaled it down to 1% and it was
  better. I guess it depends on how high of a gravity your brew is.Conehead

• Posted in thread: Diacetyl rest after lager period on 04-23-2011 at 10:56 AM
  If you keg, you can run some co2 in through the out tube and purge it a few times a day. It
  takes time to work. This was suggested to me and I haven't tired it myself.

• Posted in thread: Yeast Viability on 04-23-2011 at 10:47 AM
  I have read that the best before date is 4 months after production.

• Posted in thread: Stir plate effectiveness concern-maybe too small of a stir bar? on 03-11-2011 at 06:17 PM
  I use 2L starters and I bought my stir bar from e-bay for around $5.00 each. It's 50mm with
  that ring in the middle of it. Good vortex, but noisy. A good noisy though. It lets me know it
  is still spin...

• Posted in thread: Worst Commercial Beer You've Ever Had? on 03-10-2011 at 10:04 AM
  Laker Lager from Ontario. Horrible. Since there is a minimum price on beer in Ontario ( Price
  Fixing ) even lousy beer sells for a premium price. $26.40 a case. Start a brewery in Ontario,
  brew crap b...

• Posted in thread: At wits end with this persistent problem - anybody have any insight? on 02-21-2011 at 09:06 PM
  I did all that. Oven baking, PBW, star san, you name it. Whatever got in it, I couldn't get it
  out. As soon as I used my old immersion chiller, good beer.

• Posted in thread: At wits end with this persistent problem - anybody have any insight? on 02-21-2011 at 11:12 AM
  My funny tasting brews were due to my plate chiller. I stopped using it and my brews were back
  to tasting normal. I did everything you were supposed to do to clean, sanitize this plate
  chiller. Nothin...

• Posted in thread: 60 degree basement too cold for ale? on 02-18-2011 at 12:22 PM
  60F is perfect. I have a temp controler and didn't need it. I cooled to 68F and it started
  going when it cooled down to 66F. It has been 67F for a week.

• Posted in thread: Washed yeast....1st time....bubble jones.... on 02-07-2011 at 03:14 PM
  $4.28 a gallon. It is in Toronto. Too big of a city for me. No, driving would cost me way over
  that. If I am successful on washing this yeast and re-using it a few times, then it's basically
  free. I b...