Recent content by grommit420

Just a lil update i smacked the pack and 5 hours after i put it in a 1liter starter @ 1.030 the pack inflated very slightly. So far so good and there was an awesome aroma coming off that yeast definitly getting that banana clove thing

Thank you all for the info and guidance! I'm going to put the yeast in a 1 liter starter sometime today depending on how much time the pack inflates.

I have to get my yeast shipped as no lhbs around here carry some but i got 1 pound of dme lying around that i can make starters with. So evan are you saying that the calculator in using is giving me a false reading?

i have used this calculator: http://www.brewersfriend.com/yeast-pitch-rate-and-starter-calculator/ and gone off from what beersmith tells me is left in the pack which is 8.5 billion cells so according to the brewers friend calculator if i do 2 back to back 2 liters starters i would end up with...

i have a wyeast smack pack of 3333 german wheat dated from may 1st 2014 is it there anything still alive in there?? and what size starter would it take to do a viable pitch for a 5 gallon 1.050 batch

hi guys long time lurker first time poster. i need some input on a problem i`ve been having with us -05 on my last couple of batches. they seem to develop a very strong sulphury\alcohol taste over time. the taste is nearly undetectable when coming out of secondary you might get slight hints of...