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Thanks for the replies. If I were to take a small portion of a starter, put it in the refrigerator the use it a week later, is there a good way to estimate the number of cells left? Would a step up be needed if you started with, for example, 250ml of the original starter? Thanks again.

Everyone seems to harvest from the yeast cake of a prior batch. Why not make a slightly larger starter and just save 10-20% of that to use for a future starter? It seems like that would be way easier. Has anyone tried this?

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I do my late dry malt extract additions with 10 minutes to end boil, and it takes me a good 5 minutes after the addition for the wart to start boiling again. When I'm timing my boil, do I stop the timer until we start boiling again or just let it continue to run the entire time? I feel like...

Is using hopped DME similar to steeping hops along with the specialty grain and are either a good substitute for first wort hopping?

People keep telling me that dried malt extract and liquid malt extract are the same (when not hopped), does everyone agree with this? I mean the additional volume in the liquid alone must have some affect, right?

I was just wondering what everyone's opinion on yeast nutrients was. I started the batch four days ago in the primary fermentation is slowing, I didn't add any nutrients up front... does it make sense that to add them now?

Thanks for the posts. I was cautioned about adding the lme at flameout because it doesn't give it a chance to sterilize. That's why people suggested adding it at 15 minutes to end boil. Just a thought. Thanks again

So I'm new to extract brewing and I have read recipes describing boiling the entire extract for 60 minutes. I was talking to a few people, and they suggested waiting until about 15 minutes to end boil before adding my extract to avoid crystallization of my sugars. I'm trying to brew a very hoppy...

So I'm new to extract brewing and I have read recipes described boiling with the entire extract for 60 minutes. I was talking to a few people, and they were suggested waiting until about 15 minutes to end boil before adding my extract to avoid crystallization of my sugars. I'm trying to improve...