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Tag: Yeast

March 11, 2015

Handy and Helpful Brewing Tools

by Beer-lord
Categories: Brewing, Equipment
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Some items are best used by the more experienced brewer but these items can be helpful to all experience levels. I’ll just mention a few items that I feel have helped me become a better brewer and also to learn something new about brewing along the way.

January 2, 2013

Harvesting that expensive yeast

by Yankeedag
Categories: guide, how-to, Yeast
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Have you noticed how expensive yeast has gotten? I did. Ouch. So I got into harvesting that gold in a tube. There are a few things you need for this. 1: Nerve Wait, no, that’s not it. It’s easy. I stressed more then hot yeast over this until I pulled the trigger and gave it a go. What you need is a container for the unwashed yeast. (I could insert a baptismal joke here about the unwashed, but won’t) You’ll need to do a wee bit of pre-planning though. You’ll need the container. I got a few quart plastic containers […]