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Thanks Brad but I ended up just letting it go for the 90 mins, too much love going into this one so I had to be sure. Should have checked back sooner!
Using stir plat and wish I had of started it yesterday. I will reply back and let everyone know how it went.

Hi everyone, I am brewing a lager tomorrow and I finally brook down and purchased two 5000 ML Erlenmeyer’s so I can produce the correct size starters. I added a photo just because they look cool and big. I purchased pilsner DME and since we normally boil our wort for 90 mins to get rid the unwanted ...

Just wanted to report back that all went very well with our first yeast harvest and proper size starter. All 20 gallons started quick and are in active fermentation. Thanks for the comments and the Mr malty link. http://i722.photobucket.com/albums/ww226/herrbiermeister/IMG_0755.jpg Good fermentation...

I can't see the pictures, but it sounds like it completed fermentation. In a 6L vessel, even a thin layer of yeast along the bottom actually contains quite a few cells. It can be deceptive. Going from a 6L ferment and re-pitching into a 1.5L ferment will probably do more harm than good, unless you ...

Ok so I completed the yeast starter and not sure if the results are good or not. I was expecting to see a larger amount of yeast cake at the bottom of my flask but it has not increased in size much. I pitched 74 ml of yeast that’s about 6 tbls. I checked the gravity and after 18 hrs the gravity is 1...

All your answers and more at Mr. Malty's Pitching Calculator! Check out the tab for 'repitching from slurry'. I would say that building a starter (with a stirplate) is the best way to ensure happy & healthy yeast. I do not think yeast slurry keeps very long in the fridge ... most folks mention ...

Unless you have a microscope and a hemocytometer, there is no way to determine the yeast cell density in your slurry. As a result, re-pitching from a slurry for a homebrewer is largely a guessing game. I am a serial re-pitcher since I believe with proper handling that third or fourth generation yea...

I have begun to harvest and reuse my yeast in an effort to reduce the already ridiculous per pint cost that I am presently at. On my first attempt I believe I under pitched as fermentation began slowly, (fermentation started in about 24-30 hours) fermentation was not very vigorous and 1 carboy is fe...

You know, strictly speaking, you don't need to cut the dip tube to use the keg as a bright tank. Let the keg sit like you always do. Enjoy the beer as it drops clear. If you need to move it, push it to another tank first. You wont have to push it again. I don’t get the push the beer into another ke...

Brad, Thanks for the info concerning the time and we will be increasing our sparge time for our next brew this Friday. The suggestions about starting the boil as were adding our wort to the kettle is great too as we want to reduce our brew time to allow for doing a double batch. 20 gallons better th...

My friend and I have upgraded to a pumped driven system apposed too the two 15 gallon gravity coolers we used to use for the HLT and Mash; I was wondering if there is a cretin time it should take to sparge. With the two coolers it would take up to an 1 hour to get 7-8 gallons to gravity through into...