Mate, sanitising your glass and then adding tap water? There's every chance you have just ruined you sanitation.Mikedub said:I've noticed, (or convinced myself) lag time is reduced by hydrating, I just clean and sanitise a pint glass add tap water and yeast, cover with glad wrap and leave for a couple hours before pitching,
also reduces the chance to drop the packet into the wort when sprinkling, which I've done.
See the first page, I did it with my last 2 brewstechnobabble66 said:Slightly off topic:
Does anyone do that olive oil thing these days, or was that a short-lived fad?? (almost everything to do with it seems to be dated 2011).
been a while, best to do at a hotel as the mess is hard to explain. take one bottle of evoo and apply liberally to 20 year old thrashing machine, apply remainder to yourself.technobabble66 said:Slightly off topic:
Does anyone do that olive oil thing these days, or was that a short-lived fad?? (almost everything to do with it seems to be dated 2011).
Yeah, saw that. Are you the only one though? :unsure: nobody else said much about it. Yob seemed to imply it wasn't so great...sp0rk said:See the first page, I did it with my last 2 brews
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