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I have successfully harvested and washed yeast generations from multiple batches over the years, but I have never tried to build a starter up from yeast dregs, so this is just me thinking out loud. I think you may have started with too much wort for such a small amount of actual yeast and I...

Generally I follow the same basic premise. I buy a lot of hops in 4oz bulk packages, so once i open a package my goal is usually to use them up as quick as possible. I could vacuum seal and freeze them I know, but seems like extra work. I have a rotation of about 5 beers that I make regularly...

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They appear to be plastic and they actually look A LOT like the vials that White Labs yeast used to come in. I prefer glass mason jars for all my yeast harvesting, so I know that my process works and YMMV. I suppose you could just sanitize them in boiling water and then cap them after they cool...

AGREE on all of these points That was exactly my thinking as well back in January. The new season was coming up and I realized that I had little to no memory of what the last season had been about. I watched one episode and then realized that I still had background questions. Stopped that...

I waited so long for this season that I had no option but to go back and re-watch all the previous seasons. I am sad that it is coming to a close as well.

Is there any reason that this thread died? Here we are 3 years later and A LOT has happened.

Checking back in with the OP. How did your brew day go? Did the neighbors come and visit? Did you have to defend your territory and squirt them with a hose to maintain an acceptable social distance? My original brew day was scheduled for Thurs 4/2 but ended up getting postponed because I woke...

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AGREED. I forgot to include that I always make a starter as well. I was simply paraphrasing from the WYEAST website about the 1.060 beer. Given how easy a starter is, I would also agree that my threshold would be 1.040-ish (which is what I usually make my starter wort at anyway. A starter is...

The lack of swelling in a smack pack is nothing to worry about. Like others mentioned, the date of manufacture plays a big role in viability. Assuming the yeast was not ridiculously old, it will most likley still be fine. There is plenty of cells in a pack to ferment a "normal" beer of OG <...

THIS ^^^ I will vouch for the MM 2.0 that I have. It is a reliable beast. I set my gap up when I first bought it and have made upward of 100 brews and never had to change a thing. I check it every time i brew and it is at the same gap. Getting 83% efficiency average over that time. I never...

And using the same logic, has possibly been urine before...........

This was kind of fortuitous thread to find. A took over a 2 yr hiatus in my brewing and this very week broke out the equipment to brew an AG batch with grain and hops that are about the same age. In the end, the only expectation I have is that I will make some beer. I have some fresh DME to...

That is a good way. My setup / brew area is a bit different. I have the Brew Barn. Nothing quite like walking out at 530am with a cup of coffee and watch the day come alive with the white noise of the kettle heating up the strike water. This time of year in Vermont lends itself nicely to...

OP: What recipe you making? I too am preparing a brew for this next week. It has been over 2 yrs since I brewed due to family and work commitments that needed my full attention and I could think of NOTHING better than cleaning off the stuff and making a batch. Lemme tell ya that it almost...

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