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When in doubt about the health of your yeast, pitching dry yeast at bottling is cheap insurance against flat beer.Absolutely, but just to be clear you don't need to use a whole packet of yeast. That's overkill and will leave you more sediment in the bottle than you really need/want. I'd stick to no more than 1/2 a packet, maybe even 1/4 of it.
I vented my keg last night and dialed down the pressure to 4psi and the beer seems to be serving pretty good today
The one that does amaze me though is the number of people I know (including some of my very smart colleagues) who are perversely proud about having never read a book after they finished school.My brother is like that. I don't get it either, I read all of the time. In fact, I'm reading right now. I just read "In fact, I'm reading right now."
Maybe you're not doing anything wrong. Maybe it's time to email Greg and ask him what's up?I think you're right, there seems to be a mistake in the formula they are using. When I use a 1 gallon single step starter, the second step says 121.69 M cells/ml. If the second step adds 0.1 gallons and you add that to 5 gallons of wort the total volume is 6.1 gallons with 16.26 M cells/ml. But if instead you use 0.0001 gallons for the second step, your final volume is 6.0001 with just 0.83 M cells/ml. That can't be right. I'll email Greg.
Wyeast gives a distinct advantage to 2-step starters.I must be doing it wrong, because when I use a single step 1-gallon starter with a stir plate it tells me the final concentration in that starter is 121.69 million cells per ml. When I do two steps that are each .5 gallons, it tells me it's at 90.15 million cells per ml. Same total volume, more cells in the single step than the 2-step. Am I missing something? Also, the calculator is not decanting in between pitching, it is assuming you are adding more wort. Anyway, based on how I'm using the calculator the 2-step seems to be at a disadvantage. What am I doing wrong?
http://www.wyeastlab.com/hb_pitchrate.cfm
Debating... I need to brew something to serve at my kids 6th b-day party - (and no, not for the kids obviouslyESB or a straightforward pale ale would probably be good.. I'm thinking something like an ESB or a smaller belgain. Any sugesstions? I don't want to go too big to scare anyone away but then again I want something with flavor to introduce good beer to some folks.
finish pics or it didn't happen....Is there a place that hosts pics free and won't send me tons of email? I'm sure there is, just don't know any.
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What is really cruel is eating PLANTS. They don't have a chance at all. They are rooted to the ground & can't get away.If trees could scream, would we be so cavalier about cutting them down? We might, if they screamed all the time for no good reason.