Grinder12000
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Why does all his recipes called for TWO Wyeats packets! Is there that big of an advantage to this????
Bang for buck is it worth it?
Bang for buck is it worth it?
I wonder if when he says 2 Wyeast American Ale 1056 he is NOT talking about the slap packs the Activator deal???
egolla said:Maybe yeast was cheaper back then, but I'd rather use 50 cents
worth of LME than another 6 dollar vial of yeast.
CORRET ME IF I'M WRONG, I JUST ASSUMED HE WAS GIVING ALTERNATIVE YEAST STRAINS FOR THE RECIPE, MORE LIKE AN EITHER OR, NOT BOTH. iF I REMEMBER, THEY WERE NEVER THE SAME BRAND OR STYLE, JUST A WHITE LABS BRAND ,AND THEN ALTERNATIVELY A WYEAST ONE OF SIMILAR STYLE. aTLEAST THAT'S WHAT I REMEMBER....
Or you could skim the early krausen for even better yeast (the good thing about using bucket fermenters, but you have to be very carefull and clean)Or you could pull about 5 oz or so of slurry from a previous batch and end up with the proper amount of yeast as well.
Yes, that the main reason for them saying pitch two packs, the yeast in the pack should be enough, but if some of that yeast you bought is unhealthy, then one pack isn't enough. So he's saying pitch two packs because you may have bought yeast not up the the job for the most part.Correct me if I'm wrong, but yeast cell count isn't the only consideration, but also the yeast "health"? Making a starter kicks off a new generation of propagation, and hence you have younger cells than what lives in a four-week-old vial of liquid yeast.
Of course, I might be talking out of my ass, here.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but yeast cell count isn't the only consideration, but also the yeast "health"? Making a starter kicks off a new generation of propagation, and hence you have younger cells than what lives in a four-week-old vial of liquid yeast.
Of course, I might be talking out of my ass, here.
Wait up everyone. I just got the book today. He always says pitch xx packs of yeast or make an appropriate starter
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