I recently received a few packets of Crossmyloof yeast from my friend @AHarper but one (the Belgian, which unfortunately is the most interesting to me) had somehow been slit open and spilled. Our friends at Royal Mail re-wrapped it in a plastic bag, and some of those yeast 'pellets' made it over...

I just did some yeast washing for the first time with WY3522, and am getting ready to make another batch of Belgian Golden Strong. I've read that I should do a starter with the contents of one of my mason jars (ooohh, nice creamy yeast inside) but how do I know how many cells are there without...

Hi, I might be me but when I check the "cell required" field in a recipe (which is suppose to take into account OG, wort volume, and pitch rate to compute the number of yeast cells required) I get a different number than in the starter calculator in the field "Target Pitch Rate Cells". Aren't...

Hello all! I am wondering if I can substitute Pale 2-row for DME in building a yeast starter with stir plate. I will be harvesting yeast from bottle conditioned brews, as well as fermenters and using fresh yeast. The pale 2 row malt will be blasted in my Vitamix to a flour consistency. Any...

Hi Folks, I was playing around with the yeast pitch rate and starter calculator, when I noticed the DME numbers seem... more than a little off. When told to calculate for 1L of starter at 1.036 gravity, it suggests using 3.6oz / 102.7g of DME. Perhaps I'm simply misinformed, but as I...