whats the best way...

gregb · Post by **gregb** » Thursday Apr 05, 2007 5:20 pm

chris. wrote: I had one of those rare moments where I wasn't drunk or hungover.

Struth dude, what went wrong there?

Cheers,
Greg

SpillsMostOfIt · Post by **SpillsMostOfIt** » Thursday Apr 05, 2007 5:28 pm

gregb wrote:
chris. wrote: I had one of those rare moments where I wasn't drunk or hungover.
Struth dude, what went wrong there?

Cheers,
Greg

It happens to us all eventually. I wouldn't worry too much - you get over it pretty quick.

gregb · Post by **gregb** » Thursday Apr 05, 2007 5:33 pm

Take four schooners and call us in an hour.

chris. · Post by **chris.** » Thursday Apr 05, 2007 6:55 pm

gregb wrote:
chris. wrote: I had one of those rare moments where I wasn't drunk or hungover.
Struth dude, what went wrong there?

Cheers,
Greg

Ok technically I may have still been a slight bit drunk... who knows? I'm not really one to judge these sort of things.

I sure as hell can confirm that the hangover hadn't kicked in by then.

Back to the repitching thing. I agree that repitching is a viable option when using liquids. But, due to most of us lacking in the lab dept, there is still a risk of contamination.
I'm not saying that one should be afraid of repitching. Just be aware of the risks & try to compensate. & as I mentioned earlier, we all brew in different environments, & in some cases, no matter how much we clean & sanitise our equipment, some methods of brewing might not be suited to our environments.

SpillsMostOfIt · Post by **SpillsMostOfIt** » Thursday Apr 05, 2007 7:07 pm

There's a discussion over on the other forum about how to divvy up liquid yeasts. Next time around with the liquids, I think I might give that a shot in favour of repitch.

I still insist (with both hands!) that we have a duty to experiment, but clearly only within coo-ee of our comfort zone.

chris. · Post by **chris.** » Thursday Apr 05, 2007 7:13 pm

I'm all up for the experimentation. That's the best thing about homebrewing

By the way, what is the metric coversion of a Coo-ee?

SpillsMostOfIt · Post by **SpillsMostOfIt** » Thursday Apr 05, 2007 8:57 pm

I think that, for reasons to do with rounding error, you can only get there by converting to hogsheads, then Libraries of Congress, then bees' dicks...

gregb · Post by **gregb** » Thursday Apr 05, 2007 9:20 pm

The metric conversion of 'within cooeee' is 3 Km.

It is calculated thus:
Average persons attention span when waiting for a response: 17.5 seconds. (This was taught to me when, in 1994, I took a job in an inbound call centre I was given a 'How to talk to tools on the phone' course - basically don't put the cnuts on hold for more than 17 secs or you lose them completely.)
Speed of sound at sea level 21C: 344 m/s

Cooee must go out and then be Cooeeed back

17.5 x 344 / 2 = 3010

This it then rounded to 3 Kilometres.
Confuse and amaze your friends with this useless bit of info.

Cheers,
Greg

Trough Lolly · Post by **Trough Lolly** » Thursday Apr 05, 2007 10:19 pm

SpillsMostOfIt wrote:
Agreed. I'm thinking of repitching onto some Fermentis US-56 after Easter, just to speed things up (and deprive Brewcraft of some income ), but there is bugger all economic reason to do it unless you're really in a bind.
...snip...

Ignoring infection risk for a moment, I'd take a cup of fresh trub over a sachet of dry US-56 any time...I have been washing yeast and harvesting trub for years now, with NO infections - ever...period.
Yes, I know, I've challenged hells minions and I'll pay for it eventually!

Cheers,
TL

chris. · Post by **chris.** » Friday Apr 06, 2007 12:48 am

gregb wrote:The metric conversion of 'within cooeee' is 3 Km.

It is calculated thus:
Average persons attention span when waiting for a response: 17.5 seconds. (This was taught to me when, in 1994, I took a job in an inbound call centre I was given a 'How to talk to tools on the phone' course - basically don't put the cnuts on hold for more than 17 secs or you lose them completely.)
Speed of sound at sea level 21C: 344 m/s

Cooee must go out and then be Cooeeed back

17.5 x 344 / 2 = 3010

This it then rounded to 3 Kilometres.
Confuse and amaze your friends with this useless bit of info.

Cheers,
Greg

Boonie · Post by **Boonie** » Saturday Apr 07, 2007 4:01 pm

Great topic and great reading.........and chris. not being sarcastic

to an extent

....Obviously subject to Alcohol consumption.

Question 1....If I pull a jar of trub out and throw in the fridge, after sterilising everthing of course, how long can I leave in the fridge?

Question 2....Do you get a different flavour using old trub yeast?

Cheers

Boonie

rwh · Post by **rwh** » Sunday Apr 08, 2007 11:06 am

Boonie wrote:Question 1....If I pull a jar of trub out and throw in the fridge, after sterilising everthing of course, how long can I leave in the fridge?

http://www.howtobrew.com/section1/chapter6-8.html

Question 2....Do you get a different flavour using old trub yeast?

Dunno.