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I decided to brew my own alcohol because I live pretty far away from civilization, but, because of that, my only option has been to try and catch wild yeast (through fruits and wort) and make a starter. All of my cultures are carbonating pretty well (bubbling quite a bit), and all of them are...

I'm making yeast startrs using a stir plate. My starter wort has an OG of 1.040. I'm growing up a yeast sample that has few viable cells in it (liquid yeast and fermenter sludge several months old, sediment harvested from a bottle, etc.) What is better in this case: starting with a small...

Apologies if this is somewhere else in this forum ; Anyone make 5 gal of 1.04 OG wort from DME and pitch their starter into it in order to grow a large quantity of yeast? Basically, I'd like to gather a large quantity of a strain so that I don't have to overgrow my starter and save some yeast...

While there appears to be some debate about the quality of Unibroue bottle fermented yeast dregs*, I had a successful fermentation using dregs from 4 or 5 bottles of their variety 6 pack (Maudite, Blanche, Trois Pistoles, Fin du Monde, others). While it did not end up with Belgian fruity...

I will be using 2 packages of Omega Yeast OYL-052 "Conan" to attempt to ferment my first brew, a clone of MadTree Galaxy High DIPA. Recipe linked below. https://www.homebrewtalk.com/forum/threads/estimating-efficiency-for-new-system.665785/ OG 1.084 FG 1.010 ABV 10.0% I have a package of...

Hi, I'm going to brew my first ever Berliner Weisse soon. I've gone through different methods available for souring it properly. So far the most promising for me seemed tossing neutral yeast together with bacteria to chilled wort, but it bugs me (pun here!) that acidic profile of the beer would...

Hi all, I was ready to brew this week and made a starter Monday night to brew with the next day. Then I forgot about it until Wednesday night, woops! I put it in the fridge Wednesday and plan to decant tonight - anything wrong with using a starter left out for ~48 hrs? My gut instinct is that...

Hello everyone, Does anyone happen to have this yeast calculator spreadsheet? It's not downloadable anymore from the website. http://www.woodlandbrew.com/2015/02/starter-calculator.html Thank you

I'm worried about yeast temperature shock in my starters... I'm not confident in checking the temp of the yeast pack against the wort so here is my fix... I've only made a few to date, but here is my process. Note, I've been making old school starters in clear growlers that I just shake whenever...

I've been making yeast starters and IIaleays decant and taste them. I do this to check if anything might be wrong with the yeast but also to get an idea of the flavor and aroma. What surprised me is that the difference for the yeasts I've used so far are very very minimal. I always have the...

Hello everyone, I was wondering what would be a better way to reuse yeast. Right now i'm overbuilding starters but I'm growing tired of making the yeast starters and DME is quiet pricey. Just wondering if top cropping will give me similar results and which method would be giving me better...

I brewed this clone according to this recipe with an OG of 1.047. I cooled my wort to about 75 degrees when I aerated using shake/ swirl method. I did added a single pack of WLP833 and I regrettably did not use a starter. The recipe didn't say anything about it (I should have know better). 12...

I just saw this on the shelves a couple weeks ago. I can't tell you how many times I Googled canned wort starter to see if I could get this miracle juice somewhere other than A-B Owned homebrew shops. Propper Starter is made by Omega Yeast Labs. You pour one 16 oz of starter wort (with yeast...

I recently did a hands-on review of a stir plate and Erlenmeyer flask from MoreBeer. As part of that process, I brewed a number of batches to test out the benefits/effects of using a starter. My first two batches showed little to no effect of the starter on either fermentation parameters or...

I just opened a 3 month old pure pitch of WLP001 and noticed a cider smell. I still put it in my starter. Think its ok to pitch?

Hello everyone, I'm wondering if it's possible to pre-make store Wort to use with yeast starters? I was thinking about making a big batch of wort and sealing it in bottles for later use. Would there be any issue with that? Would it need to be stored cold?

noticed that my yeast starter poped open when i put it in the fridge. Is my starter infected? Or did the cold temperature from inside the fridge saved it?

I've been brewing forever (decades) and never had this issue. I'm doing a Belgian Tripel tomorrow and made my starter this morning. I smacked my Wyeast 3787 yeast pack this morning and nothing seems to be happening. The pack is not swelling after 9+ hours. My LHBS is usually very good and keep...

My latest Oktoberfest lager seems to have some diacetyl in it and I'm going to chuck some krausening starter in to remedy this. The keg is at room temperature but is already gassed up to 2.7 volumes. If I make a 1.25L starter using 125g of DME and then toss this in the keg and seal it up am I...

Started a yeast starter last night. Had a Bell jar since 5/17 of London ESB that I wanted to see if it was still viable. After making the 2L starter, I added the ESB. The color changed from brown to greenish grey. After 12 hours, the color of the mixture is still greenish grey, shows signs...