Recent content by Phril

What are the odds?:rockin:

Well, I checked the gravity on my starter, it was 1.010, so I figured the yeast must have multiplied and done their thing.:ban: So, I decided I would go ahead and use this starter, so I crashed it in the fridge and decanted about 3/4 of the liquid and pitched it (at room temp). 12 hrs later, I...

Hmmm, Patience a Virtue?? :confused: After the initial let down, I just turned the stirplate off and let the flask sit. Today (6 days later) I checked on my failed starter. Much to my surprise, I had a nice layer of what looked like the head on a BMC beer on top - big airy bubbles...

Along with the stirplate stuff, I also got a new aeration stone, so I hit it for a few seconds with O2, enough to get some good bubbles coming to the surface.

I finally got a stirplate and tried my first ever starter, which did nothing. I pitched a 10 month old smack pack of wyeast 3056, Bavarian Wheat Blend, into a 1.5 cups of DME in 1.6 liters. I put it on the stirplate for 2 days, and seeing nothing, decided to check the gravity, it was around...