Yeast Experiment
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DaveyT
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Re: Yeast Experiment
In terms of quantities, I use a quarter of a packet for my 5 litre plastic water bottle FVs. Works fine.
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Underground Joe
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That would leave a lot of spare yeast. I could mix it together and chuck it in one brew, see what happens. I think I've got an old stout kit somewhere I don't mind potentially wasting.DaveyT wrote:In terms of quantities, I use a quarter of a packet for my 5 litre plastic water bottle FVs. Works fine.
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Re: Yeast Experiment
I'll probably get shot down for this (or at the very least discredited as a sham home brewer), but I put the remains in tiny Tupperware boxes. I sterilise them first, the put the powder in and label them. I store them in the fridge until I need them. I've used yeast from these boxes without any ill effects. I'm vastly increasing the risk of infection, but it hasn't happened yet.
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Re: Yeast Experiment
I'd just cust the corner of the pack with scissors. Use 1/5-1/3 for each brew, then seal with sellotape and store in the fridge.Underground Joe wrote:That would leave a lot of spare yeast. I could mix it together and chuck it in one brew, see what happens. I think I've got an old stout kit somewhere I don't mind potentially wasting.DaveyT wrote:In terms of quantities, I use a quarter of a packet for my 5 litre plastic water bottle FVs. Works fine.
IMHO it seems a bit of a waste to use rest in 1 mix.
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Re: Yeast Experiment
+1jmc wrote:...I'd just cust the corner of the pack with scissors. Use 1/5-1/3 for each brew, then seal with sellotape and store in the fridge.
IMHO it seems a bit of a waste to use rest in 1 mix.
That's all the sanitation you need. Remember, single-cell contaminants don't have legs nor wings. The only way they can get inside those packets is if you do something to put them there. All these other complicated solutions--though I'm sure can work too if you're really careful--also supply numerous new vectors for contamination. Keep it simple.
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Underground Joe
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If dried yeast was expensive I'd agree it's a waste. For a one off I'd rather experiment.