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Two hearted ale clone

You are right about the first year hops , I had all vine and no hops, this year I have a 20' x 4' hop garden and they are looking great. Seems down here in SC the C hop plants grow the best.

I wonder how this is compared to Dead Guy and I wonder how it would work with pacman yeast

Chocolate milk stout should be ready to give as gifts this Xmas

Count me in old mighty one.

OK so here I am I left it in the fridge for 2 days I took it out added 3.4 DME mixture with 1/8 teaspoon of yeast nutrients and Put it on the stir plate.It is now going nuts foaming ,I took out the foam stopper because it became saturated and put in a sanitized bubble it is now foaming thru the...

So why use liquid yeast? Is there any off flavors with dry over liquid yeast is there just different strains? Can you save the yeast of a dry yeast? Just some questions?

Ok I had it on the stir plate for 3.5 days and have place it in the fridge will keep in there for 2 days then friday I will add my DME and third step.There is definitely more yeast now. Here is a question,I can get pharmicutical grade glucose ,where I work will a small amount help it any...

That will be perfect. I am finally off this weekend.That will give me time on Saturday to start batch.

Ok so I decant the yeast from the frig and I added 1 liter of 3.5 oz DME wort. It is now on a stir plate.How long should I keep it on this step? Also when I took it out of the frig it was chilled I decanted it then added the 70 degree new wort,will it shock the yeast? Thanks again.

Thanks again for the help.

Yes I have a stir plate and only a 1 L flask I also have a stir bar.

Both on the yeast ,but mainly experiment to see what I can accomplish with it.Next batch calls for the same yeast.

Well the OG suppose to be 1.052 on my Brown ale kit.About the DME amount I used what I saw on a you tube video.

Yep sure do on the stir bars ,so I guess I need to put this one in the frig decant then make my second batch but this time use the stir plate all the time.

I bought a used stir plate off ebay do you leave the starter on it and turning all the time?

Day 2 my yeast starter sure has a lot of activity going on.It is bubbling and churning pretty good and a large cake on the bottom of the flask.I will check it tonight then I guess I will put in frig, decant and maybe run one more starter off this one with the cake.Does that sound correct? I am...

Thanks for the great advise ,I looked this morning and my starter has the cake on the bottom. I will order some more, but I am going to play with this one.I will test the gravity when I get home from work tonight ,what should the gravity run about? I love this strain in other kits.This is my...

Geez I just proof read my question and it sounds like I drank the starter , But yes I used 6 oz of DME to a 1000 ml of water.also I have a foam stopper, WHYB yes I am thinking of just ordering a new pack, I do have a dry yeast I can use but I like the Wyeast better.

Hello I started a yeast starter with a 1332 Northwest Wyeast after I smacked the pack and waited 3 to 4 hours the pack expanded but not as much as my other Yeast packs I have smacked get.The date is 10 Nov 10 on the pack.It has been in a frig since Jan. My question is the pack to old and in my...