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I just split a 2L started for a brew I made yesterday. I saved the other half.

I need to it measure salts. The 1g scale I have isn't great for it.

Any recommendations?? My scale only does 1g and I am looking for something more precise.

I didn't have much to decant. It was packed to the rim.

Hopefully!

So I pitched this entire pint of sludge into the wort today. I assumed it had enough yeast in there that I didn't need to make a starter. How quickly will this go off? It's US05 by the way.

Yeah, it's usually 80 here. It's possible I didn't allow the mash ton to warm up enough. I'll try to be more careful next time.

Normal because it's colder than usual outside?

Hopefully all is well. Bet might be thinner than planned.

Yeah it's about 20 degrees colder than normal. How much do you think body is going to be affected by this?

I use an igloo cooler. I measured the temp after mixing the grains and I got 154F, my target temp. However, 45 mins later I decided to take a temp reading and it was at 148F. I have never seen this before. What did I do wrong?

What about conversation to number of drops?

I need to put 2ml of 88% lactic acid into the mash water. What is the typical way to measure that out? Is there an equivalent conversation to weight?

You are awesome!!! Thank you very much for all of this detail!!!

Another thing. I no longer see bubbles going up the walls of the flask. Does this mean fermentation is done? Should I stop the stir plate?

So I have a little over two liters for a starter. What I was planning to do was cold crash it then dump out enough beer to leave 32oz of beer in the flask. Then mix it all up to resuspend the yeast and pour 16oz of it into a pint jar to save for later and then pour the other 16 oz into the...

I didn't really notice it getting lighter until after 24 hours. Yes it was shipped to me with an ice pack. I have a feeling that my fridge was on the colder side so maybe the yeast needed more time to wake up. Hopefully I have enough yeast even after losing some from the volcano action. I...

Yes thankfully! I was about to call the place where I bought the yeast and start complaining! [emoji1]

Yeah, probably didn't lose much yeast.. hopefully.

Is that a blob of yeast on the outside of the flask? Next time I'll make sure to add less water.