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   1. Shaken, not Stirred (aka James Bond) yeast starter method

      by tizoc, 7 years ago in Yeasts

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      This is the yeast starter method I have been using lately, and so far I'm very happy with the results (I haven't used my stir-plate since I first tried it):
      
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      A writeup on yeast by the inventor of the method:
      Trial by denny from the AHA forum:
      Thread of the above:
      On the recommended vessel size of at least 4:1 ratio of vessel volume to starter volume:
      Pitching during high krausen is ideal, but not strictly required:
      On yeast and bacteria replication, UFA and...

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      Great, thanks for the explanation!
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      Yak_NN
      7 years ago
   2. Brewdog's Citra IPA - IPA

      by tizoc, 9 years ago in BIAB Recipes

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      I plan to brew this on Sunday 22nd. It is based on the recipe from page 55 (65 in PDF) of 
      
      Edit: New version changes (among other smaller things) the hop schedule (10, 5 and 0), and adds Columbus (75mins) for bittering.
      
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      In the PDF it says it has an IBU of 70, but BIABacus says 32 (also, 70 is what I got from their Chinook IPA, using double the amount of hops, with similar AA%), so what BIABacus says makes more sense to me.
      
      I changed mash and boil times to 90 minutes...

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      Jmstroup - See this link for another version of DesChutes Fresh Squeezed recipe - it isn't perfect, but it might help.
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      Zoner
      9 years ago

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