Recent content by James Bourchier

Has anyone had any experience in malting barley from scratch?

I have searched the site for some time and found a lot of information on yeast farming but none specific to culturing yeast from Coopers bottles, can anyone give me some pointers? Thanks James

Does anyone know of any kit based recipes similar to Coopers Sparkling Ale?

No I pitched it dry, however I now have bubbles on the surface so I think it's starting to work. As I'm new to this what is the best way of rehydrating the yeast.

I started a brew on Friday night using Safale K-97 yeast and I can see very little signs of fermenting, the temperature at pitching was 24C and the brew has been at 20-22C since. I haven't used this yeast befiore, is this normal or has something gone wrong?