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Re: Year old Yeast

Success.

Pitched with OG of 1.032, estimated FG was 1.008, actual FG was 1.006.

Lesson learned: using year old yeast is ok, just make a step starter.

Re: Year old Yeast

There is only one store I can drive to to liquid yeast, and I think I got the last one they had. I’ve been reading that yeast starters should finish in 24 hours so 24 hours after I started this one I was going to do the second step up to 2L, maybe go full until Sunday and don’t refrigerate. Dunno if...

Year old Yeast

I went to my LHBS and picked up the last package of Yeast 3944 they had, got it home and found out it has a born by date of 8/1/2018. I entered the info in the homebrew dad yeast calculator and came up with these numbers. Method of Aeration: Stir Plate Starter Volume: .45 L Dry Malt Extract: 45 gram...

Bloody Bottling Day

Well this brew isn't going to be as I desired, but it will be what it will be and I can accept that. I was trying for a Kolsch but my mash temps got out of control while I was out refilling the propane tank. I ended up at a FG of 1.022 as opposed to 1.011. Ouch. But that's not the end of it. While b...

I think the answer to your initial question is seen in section Y, where it is stated that the default extract potential for all fermentables is 80% FGDB and 4% MC. These numbers can be adjusted from the defaults in section Y. I've adjusted these potentials when adding things like honey or lactose, b...

No problem PP, see the attached file. Don't sweat it. For making a Belgian, my understanding is that it's best to add the honey to the fermenter because 1) it makes it possible to retain some flavor which would be lost in the boil 2) it makes the yeast metabolize the malt derived sugars first, other...

Darn, just realized the honey gravity points were wrong. That’ll change the numbers. I only added 1.5lbs of honey not 2.5lbs. Corrected calculation of honey adds only 14 gravity points. Here is my new math: (35ppg/3.69gallons)*1.5lbs = 14 gravity points. Lets see if my Q’s matter anymore: 1) The Bia...

Ah, thanks, mally. I didn't consider adjusting the KFL section, that makes more sense than what I did. I was thinking more of the packaging section. It would affect the number of bottles needed so I took "volume at pitching" added the 1.3L and entered it into the "secondary volume" section so I knew...

Nothing to worry about at all, in part I think because the sample you take settles out while it sits in your fridge awaiting the fermentation of your beer to end. Then all you have to do is be careful and pour it off the sediment. I read one person on the web for which it failed to carbonate all tog...

I opened a bottle yesterday to see how the carbonation did, and it worked well. It's very nicely carbonated as I believe the style is supposed to be. As for flavor.... well here's hoping that it mellows out after lagering. It's very fruity. Will keep in the fridge for a month before cracking another...

Thanks for the input. As for the candy syrup, the bag I got is the stuff seen here: http://www.candisyrup.com. It is the D-90 which is 90L. For Section D I got this number from the original recipe which states that the pre-boil volume is 7 gallons. Thanks for the link, unfortunately I didn't know ab...

Thanks for the explanation it is all much more clear now. The BIABacus is amazingly well thought out, and with such a clever name. I am running Mac OS X 10.9.4 and using Excel 2008 Version 12.3.6. I re-downloaded the file from here , opened it in Excel and it still gave me the error upon opening. He...

What I attempted to do with this version of the BIABacus is to enter the numbers in such a manner as to get BIABacus to show what I actually did. I entered what I actually did on the left side of Section C. I then entered 1.068 as an OG so that I (roughly) get what I actually did to show up under th...

Thank you for taking the time to reply. 1) Fixed. 2) Done. 3) Done. I entered the IBU from the original recipe as I don't know what the VAW would be. 4) My brother bought me the equipment for Christmas a while ago, it is very wide and low. 5) This is the first time I've read about a 90 min boil, I a...

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