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    Fresh Yeast Vials

    Lately, I’ve been noticing a large difference in attenuation between yeast vials, based upon their age. My LHS sells a lot of yeast and for the more popular yeasts, I usually get vials with manufacturing dates less than 1 week old. For me, vials this fresh have been consistently...
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    Fermentis Rehydration Temperature

    Why does Fermentis recommend such low rehydration temperatures for their dry yeasts? Everything I've ever read says 95-105 is optimal. But Fermentis' spec sheets recommend MUCH lower temps, generally 27C ± 3C (80F ± 6F) for ale yeasts and 23C ± 3C (73F ± 6F) for lager yeast. I understand...
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    Propane burner igniter

    I have a electronic igniter installed on my propane burner. The igniter provides a spark, but I can seem to get it to ignite the propane. Can anyone provide any insight to the proper way to place the sparking wire? Thanks.
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