Barrel Yeast

[Rossa]

Who needs WLP 004 or Wyeast Irish Ale ? Myself and Shiny can help out but we need to know asap who requires it. If we can get it to the Capital meet up on Tuesday it will need to be pitched into a starter pretty much immediately to keep the viability.

1. CathalOD

[Shane Phelan]

I have several starters going in case people need yeast. As Rossa points out, they aren't going to be pitchable quantities and will need a starter.

[andrewL46]

Are you guys boiling flasks on electric hobs?
Always thought there was a greater risk of them cracking!
I just use a camping burner but if electric hobs are working
I may start using it!

[Shane Phelan]

Its the other way round, naked flame is more dangerous than electric hobs.

I don't really boil wort in the flasks  anyway. I just boil in a pot and add it in later, boil-overs take longer to happen in a pot, in conicals its like a volcano in seconds.

[Will_D]

Demi-Johns are made of Soda Glass and I would not recommend putting them on an electric stove top - Defo. NOT gas!

Also with a DJ be careful of hot/cold liquids shock!!

[Shane Phelan]

Yeah I thought the Demi-John went without saying in terms of heating it on a stove! I put it on a ring of the stove as I had slowly filled the Demi-John with boiling wort and didn't want to put it down on the cold worktop. I warmed up one of the rings to around 60 degrees and then switched it off and put the demi john on that. Thermal shock avoided. 

[Padraic]

I don't really boil wort in the flasks  anyway. I just boil in a pot and add it in later, boil-overs take longer to happen in a pot, in conicals its like a volcano in seconds.

Surely that's a reason to use a conical flask for boiling

I best jump on this bandwagon!

1. CathalOD
2. Padraic

[Rossa]

I'll do a spot of top cropping before bed so.

[CARA]

Yes please!
01. CathalOD
02. Padraic
03. CARA

[irish_goat]

I'll take some too. 

[Shane Phelan]

Joey and myself are slanting them this week so I can leave one aside for you. Everyone on this list is getting slurry though as there isn't enough time for them to get from slant to pitchable quantity by next weekend. I'm not too sure how much yeast I will have but will know for sure tomorrow morning.

01. CathalOD - Slurry
02. Padraic - Slurry
03. CARA - Slurry
04. irish_goat - Slurry
05. Tube - Slant
06. Joey - Slurry

[Shane Phelan]

Ok I have 3 vials of slurry taken fresh from a 3L starter this morning and have few slants also. They should be a sufficient concentration for a 2/3L starter. Whoever is brewing this weekend has first dibs on the slurry, anyone brewing the following weekend should be ok with a slant.

01. CathalOD - Slurry
02. Padraic - Slurry
03. CARA - Slurry
04. irish_goat - Slurry
05. Tube - Slant
06. Joey - Slurry


PS - They are still fermenting in the vials as I hadn't fermented out the starter I just crashed cooled it. So keep venting them until you pitch or put them in the fridge....

[Rossa]

I have two. They will be at kavanagh's tonight.

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