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• Posted in thread: Steeping honey malt in saison kit on 02-27-2013 at 02:08 PM
  Just an update if you guys are interested. I went with adding an extra 1/2 lb biscuit malt to
  the steep (so a total of 1# with the grains caravienne that came with the kit). I made a 1.5L
  starter with...

• Posted in thread: Viability Calculations with different calculators on 02-21-2013 at 03:08 PM
  no problem, thanks for all your input too. I was planning on maybe waiting for the next yeast
  counting thread to suggest this idea as well. I guess I didn't know it was that expensive since
  I never ha...

• Posted in thread: Viability Calculations with different calculators on 02-21-2013 at 12:52 PM
  Now that I think of it, it is definetely faster. Maybe not more accurate if you have good
  technique and know what you are doing with microscope.

• Posted in thread: Viability Calculations with different calculators on 02-21-2013 at 12:48 PM
  Here is a link (hope it works) if not just google 3M yeast and mold petrifilm: You would make
  serial dilutions of your slurry, and 1 mL of it goes onto the film. Dilute by factors of 10 or
  100 at a t...

• Posted in thread: Viability Calculations with different calculators on 02-20-2013 at 11:13 PM
  Mr. Malty and YeastCalc are now agreeing with eachother on 30% viabilty for yeast from
  11/28/12. I don't know what happened yesterday, I re-entered everything 3 or 4 seperate times
  and they were not i...

• Posted in thread: Viability Calculations with different calculators on 02-20-2013 at 04:59 PM
  Ok thanks everyone! Lots of good info to think about.

• Posted in thread: Viability Calculations with different calculators on 02-20-2013 at 02:33 AM
  I can find tons of info about pitching rates, growth rates, etc, and I suppose I could do my
  own calculations in this respect. But if I don't know what baseline I am starting with then
  everything else...

• Posted in thread: Found a unicorn in my fermenter... (Autolysis?) on 02-19-2013 at 11:13 PM
  I guess I am just a noob. I thought I was promised a unicorn in a fermentor. Is this some sort
  of slang for something? Also, sorry I have no idea (the whole noob thing).

• Posted in thread: Viability Calculations with different calculators on 02-19-2013 at 10:23 PM
  I am currently comparing yeast calc to mr.malty. I put in a production date of 11/18/2012.
  Yeastcalc gives me 60% viability and Mr.Malty gives me 30%So I made a 1.5 L starter for a 1.041
  OG beer. Acco...

• Posted in thread: Accuracy of Yeast Calc for Old Vials & Freezing Potential on 02-19-2013 at 10:17 PM
  The guys that made the yeast calculators did look at them under a scope. They did the counts,
  they made calculators. All 3 folks that have done it have come up with nearly the same formula,
  so it's p...