east Starter
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Liquid yeast from White Labs or Wyeast need starters made 4-6 days before pitching into a 5-gallon batch of wort.
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- Remove vial of White Labs liquid yeast from refrigerator and let sit 4-6 hours or smack Wyeast pack and allow to swell.
- Soak airlock and drilled stopper in sanitizing solution (Bio-San, 1-Step, Star-San, Iodophor) for 5-10 minutes.
- Clean 1L Erlenmeyer flask.
- Using a heat diffuser on the stove burner, boil 550 mL of water in a 1L Erlenmeyer flask.
- Remove from heat and add 2.5 oz of Light LME and .5 tsp of yeast nutrient.
- Boil for 10 minutes and place tinfoil over the 1L flask for the last couple minutes.
- Cool wort to 75° using a cold water bath.
- Pitch yeast into 1L flask, shake vigorously, seal with drilled stopper, and affix airlock.
- Store 1L flask in dark at 65°-70° for 4-6 days.
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Equipment |
Quantity |
Price |
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Airlock Three Piece |
3 |
$2.70 |
Erlenmeyer Flask 1L |
1 |
$12.00 |
Heat Diffuser |
1 |
$5.00 |
Oxyclean Cleaner 3.5lb |
1 |
$7.00 |
Sanitizer Bio-San 8 oz |
1 |
$1.95 |
Stopper No 13 Drilled |
1 |
$1.19 |
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$28.04 |
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acking
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The process of transfering off the trub from primary fermetor to secondary fermentor is called racking.
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- Prepare 1 gallon of sanitizing solution (Bio-San, 1-Step, Star-San, Iodophor) in wallpaper tray.
- Soak racking cane with tip, tubing, airlock, stopper, and 6.5-gallon carboy cap in sanitizing solution for 5-10 minutes.
- Pour sanitizing solution in 5-gallon carboy, agitate for several minutes, and empty.
- Put carboy cap on 6.5-gallon carboy and siphon into 5-gallon carboy.
- Seal 5-gallon carboy with drilled stopper, affix airlock, and store at 65°-70° for 1-2 weeks.
- Clean 6.5-gallon carboy, racking cane, tip, tubing, and carboy cap with cleaning solution (Oxyclean, PBW).
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Equipment |
Quantity |
Price |
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Airlock Three Piece |
3 |
$2.70 |
Brush Carboy |
1 |
$3.95 |
Carboy 5 Gallon Glass |
2 |
$29.90 |
Carboy 6.5 Gallon Glass |
1 |
$19.95 |
Carboy Cap 5 Gallon |
1 |
$2.00 |
Carboy Cap 6.5 Gallon |
1 |
$2.25 |
Carboy Handle 5 Gallon |
2 |
$9.90 |
Carboy Handle 6.5 Gallon |
1 |
$5.75 |
Oxyclean Cleaner 3.5lb |
1 |
$7.00 |
Racking Cane w/tip 30" Plastic |
1 |
$1.70 |
Sanitizer Bio-San 8 oz |
1 |
$1.95 |
Stopper No 6.5 Solid |
1 |
$.49 |
Tubing 3/8" ID x 1/2" OD |
1 |
$4.00 |
Wallpaper Tray 30" |
1 |
$2.49 |
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$72.33 |
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