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StAnthonyB
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Well.... it seems I have a successful starter.
I pitched two vials of WLP037 Yorkshire into a 2 litre flask on Saturday. I let it sit at 70F until lastnight (Monday) when put it in my chiller at 40F. It took about 12 hours before I saw even the tiniest bubbles. This yeast smells exactly like I expected it too; that is, a basket of fruit. There's not too much yeast on the bottom. I will reach in with an innoculation needle and see if I can grow some colonies in the petri dishes for slanting.
I would have already brewed but by some funk, I lost my back-up hydrometer and test jar, pH meter and associated solutions, and an aeration stone.
I pitched two vials of WLP037 Yorkshire into a 2 litre flask on Saturday. I let it sit at 70F until lastnight (Monday) when put it in my chiller at 40F. It took about 12 hours before I saw even the tiniest bubbles. This yeast smells exactly like I expected it too; that is, a basket of fruit. There's not too much yeast on the bottom. I will reach in with an innoculation needle and see if I can grow some colonies in the petri dishes for slanting.
I would have already brewed but by some funk, I lost my back-up hydrometer and test jar, pH meter and associated solutions, and an aeration stone.
ReeseAllen
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You're not a real brewer until you can say you've woken up only to be greeted with this sight at least once
Welcome to the club!You're not a real brewer until you can say you've woken up only to be greeted with this sight at least once
Looks like a five gallon carboy?
Anytime i use a5 gal. i feel a blowoff tube is needed to aviod a mess
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BigB
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Nope that was actually a 6 gallon carboy. The batch was at most 5.25 gallons too. In the pic you can see three layers. The lower dark layer is obviously the wort. The center layer was the Krausen. The top layer just suddenly and violently appeared right before erupting.
