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My sinuses get congested when I drink anything with Crystal Hops in it. I love IPA's and can't drink Sierra Nevada Torpedo for that reason. I can drink lots of others with no negative reaction.

well both of my attempts came from bottles that were not in cold storage. no telling how long they were on the shelf. Yeah my LHBS has pacman... I had to give it another try.... I have 2 IIPA's on deck and I have a 5 gallon starter of 1056...hehe for the record all of "my science...

I have smelled my starters and tasted them... always taste my hydrometer samples. This was plain nasty smelling and tasting. I thought it smelled wrong. Thanks for the vote for normalcy Yooper.

I gave it one more shot at bottle harvesting this yeast. I started with a bottle of Shakespeare Stout. The wife drank it. I tasted it but I'm not a fan of the super dark beers. well I was huffing on the starter i made with the yeast and I think it stinks. The last one smelled like this also...

isn't the 1056 the wyeast version of WLP001?

do i smell?? or did I ask a question no one can answer?:drunk:

I plan on brewing on the 16th. I was going to use Pacman, but my attempt at bottle harvesting was a flop. I have a brown ale due to be bottled that weekend that is Wyeast 1056. (1.065) 3wks in primary. I also have an amber ale to be bottled also on WLP011 (European ale yeast)(this one was...

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Yeah, That definitely sucks...this attempt was a failure.

oh and for the record... my DME is darker than I thought. I suffer from CRS.

I woke up this morning to more foam. it is hard to see in the picture but the little brown krausen line is from Monday when I stepped it up to the flask, it had subsided some yesterday and now today the foam has increased and is over the original line. I have not changed the speed at all...

I have used WLP833 several times and always keep it close to 70 until it starts then slowly drop the temp. I have had it take 3 days at 70 but I didnt use a starter on that one.

i'll just pour into the new wort then. I'm moving it to a 2L flask. Thanks for all your help on this. I'm not brewing the batch I intend this yeast for until the 16th. Should I keep stepping it up every few days? or do I need to take it to X liters and refridgerate?

should I decant this or just pour it into the new wort (different container)

Well here she is after almost 48 hours. I think I'll go ahead and step it up. How much growth should I expect?

I have been known to take things out of context... I'll let it run. I have nothing to lose. So should I shut it down in the am, let it settle out and step it up after work?

but I'm a noob... i haven't learned to relax yet.

that's what concerned me the beer was lighter than the DME...I could understand it if it was amber or a dark beer.

I read somewhere that peanut butter color is indicative of yeast that is no good. This was light DME, the yeast came from a bottle of Rogue Somer Orange Honey Ale. I was not impressed by the beer at all...anyway. The slurry was a dark color in the bottle. I made the starter last night and didnt...

I got all mine from Grainger. I'm willing to pay a little more sometimes if I am impatient and don't want to wait for something to be shipped. Mcmaster Carr and others if you are patient.