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Many strains will grow rapidly overnight with stirring, but that's just the first step to a healthy pitch. You want to prepare your yeast culture (starter or beer) for a healthy outcome by giving them time to reproduce and stabilize. Part of that is stepping up to your final starter volume...

If there was fewer viable cells in the yeast pack and that strain has a longer lag time (time between pitching and active fermentation) the starter was probably prematurely stopped. Keep in mind that while all the strains we brew with have the Crabtree effect phenotype, they can be very...

Is there any update to when these will be available in the states? I just got the okay from the Mrs to expand and I really prefer the footprint of these over the all-rounder or snub-nose.