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    White Labs Pure Pitch

    Yeah, i'm just a bit OCD, didn't want to get to brew day, open it up and smell like crap Got mine from ESB, love White Labs but seriously thinking about going Wyeast from now on. The packages are so small and compact, it's a real juggling act getting the yeast out without spillages. You also...
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    White Labs Pure Pitch

    Has anybody else used one of the new packages yet from White Labs? Used two of these for the first time tonight on a starter for the weekend and am not impressed. First package i cut through the dotted line on the pack only for the yeast to spray everywhere so the second one i went in on an...
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    NSW State Comp 2015

    all done many thanks
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    NSW State Comp 2015

    Just realised that I totally forgot to do the electronic form :( what are the consequences?
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    Oxygen Cannisters

    Anybody know if these are OK to chuck in the garbage when empty? I've now got quite a few of the small 41g Bernzomatic ones sold at Masters that i need to get rid of.
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    Avery Fermentation Technique

    yep using wlp001 so i reckon i'll just ferment out as normal. They do however say to use this in the book but whether it is their strain or not who knows?
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    Avery Fermentation Technique

    Many thanks for the detailed response. it makes a lot of sense. Do you think that using this technique would give a different flavor to say keeping it at 20 c for the whole fermentation?
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    Avery Fermentation Technique

    I've been reading the recipe for Avery DuganA in Mitch Steele's IPA book and want to give this a shot. One thing that worries me is that they ferment at 20 c let the yeast get to 50% attenuation and then let it free rise to 23.4 c to finish out with fermentation complete in 4 days. I've always...
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    Burton Ale Yeast

    just took a reading and this is at 1.020 after 3 days so well on the way
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    Burton Ale Yeast

    Hi Pratty how quickly did you find this yeast finishes the job? I know you shouldn't monitor by airlock activity but this seems dead already after 3 days, will take a reading later but just curious. Obviously i'll leave it on the yeast cake for a few weeks to clean up
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    Craftbrewer

    Not sure where to put this so apologies if in wrong place I'm planning a couple of beers for over the Easter period and want to order through Craftbrewer as they have the malt i need. Problem i have is separating the grain for the 2 brews in the same order, there doesn't seem to be any option...
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    Burton Ale Yeast

    that's good to hear, hopefully nothing to worry about
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    Burton Ale Yeast

    Used this yeast for the first time yesterday on a porter. I had read that this yeast was top cropping so put a blow off tube on, this morning i took a look to find yeast quite vigorously coming out of the tube into the water. Obviously this is very active but is it bad to be losing all this...
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    Yeast Starter Longevity

    Cheers for the advice, guess i'll just have to go for it. Yeast cell count was done via Mr Malty, not sure how accurate it is but its always worked for me on the past, never had any issue getting down to FG
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    Yeast Starter Longevity

    Made up a yeast starter of 560 billion cells on Thursday ready for brew day today. Had a disaster of a day and i am now not able to brew for about 2 weeks. Will this be OK until then in the fridge, it's in an Erlenmeyer flask with tin foil wrapped round the top? Also i guess the viabilty of the...
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