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When I switched to all grain, I purposely used kits - just all grain kits instead. The switch takes a lot of getting used to, so I wanted to minimize other changes until I got the hang of it. I'd reccomend something similar, once you have your all grain feet under you, you can start...

I got some yeast slurry from a local brewery last week, but wasnt abke to use it right away. It was just put into a sanitized mason jar with star san. The owner told me it was real active and to be careful with it. It was mostly yeast with a little beer mixed in and they slowly separated more...

Thats what I did... Wood glue and a finishing nail gun. The 1.5 inch finishing nails were perfect.

Take a look at my earlier post and if you change things slightly you can build two crates with 5 pieces of wood (four 1x3 and one 1x2). it makes pretty efficient use of the lumber that way.

My local brewery is giving away some yeast tonight and I was thinking of grabbing some. I'm not sure I have time to pressure cook a jar and let it cool before it gets too late (or if it's even worth that trouble). If I sanitize a jar with some starsan, should that be sufficient for storing...

I made one slight modification that allows you to cut the # of pieces of lumber (assuming 8') from 4 pieces (2 of each) to 3 pieces by replacing the 5 17" slats made with the 1x2 with 4 17" pieces made with the 1x3. This will actually let you make 2 full crates with 5 total piece since the...

Thanks, I did decide to let this play out and see what happens. I'm curious now though, why I would expect any less yeast overall with this method? I guess my worry was that the yeast would get too used to the lower OG environment and not do as well in a higher OG environment -- but that...

Was making a small starter today for some previously washed yeast in a pint jar -- not thinking, I poured the full pint (water and all) since it seemed like the water was getting cloudy -- assumed there were yeast getting suspended. That brought my gravity from about 1.036 down to 1.022...

Yeah, agree .... I don't have much choice but to let it go. If it was going to result in a significant reduction in expected yeast cell count, I'd consider not trying to split it though, and just using the whole thing in my batch this weekend.

I woke up this morning to my WLP001 starter (2.25L in a 3L flask) overflowing and spilling out the side of my flask. I caught it just as it was happening, so really didn't have much actual foam/liquid loss. I'm curious though, how much of an impact taking this off the stir plate for the rest...

Awesome - I'm in!

This isn't an article, but somebody pointed this out to me the other day: http://yeastcalc.com/ Playing with it a little bit will probably answer some of your questions.

Boiling won't really sterilize. Some contaminants such as wild yeast spores can survive boiling water. If storing for a long time, you want it as sterile as possible.

I would suggest this pressure cooker: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000RNH7PQ/?tag=skimlinks_replacement-20 I used it this weekend... it worked great and price was reasonable. You can get rid of her calibratoin argument, as you don't have to calibrate it -- it comes with weights at 5, 10 and...

sacm - great to know, thanks for sharing. If it works well for you with those measurements, mine should be equally easy. Thanks for everybody chiming in.

Good questions/comments - was trying to keep it simple for the post, but I'm really trying to step up to a 3L starter at the end. I'm trying to start a bit of a yeast collection/supply. (My related post here: https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f163/question-creating-2nd-gen-yeast-supply-297405/)...

I am looking to make a 1L starter, and have a 3L Erlenmeyer Flask that will be on a stir plate. The 1L mark is pretty low on this relative to total height -- is there going to be any issues with how much surface area there is in terms of it drying out too much over a few days? Will it make...

That looks like a great calculator for this, thanks for sharing. Surprised I haven't run into that before.

Thanks! Forgot to mention that I do have a stir plate. Built one over the weekend in anticipation of trying to do this. Posted pics over at the "Show us your ..." thread. https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f51/show-us-your-diy-stir-plate-228400/index11.html I am jealous that you have a...

Thanks, I think I'll plan to split enough to be around for 6 months and see how it goes. If it's still viable at that point, I'll do it again and try for 9 months or a year (or look into freezing). Just didn't want to create too much and waste the storage space for yeast that had no chance of...