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I've just been reading up on splitting liquid yeasts, since I just cycled down to G&G and bought one (3787 as it happens), and a couple of packets of T-58. Someone (er, I forget who, one of the regulars) pointed out that once you split a liquid yeast 6 ways, or more, the price comes in below buying packet yeasts. So, does anyone step up then split packet yeasts?
The main reason I would do it is probably not the cost, but because my local HBS doesn't stock T58 which I quite like, and cycling down to G&G with big container trucks going VROOOOM VROOOM past me is a hassle. Not to mention frustrating because they have all those nice looking fresh wort kits there that I couldn't possibly carry on my bike.
dT.
Dost thou think, because thou art virtuous, there shall be no more cakes and ale?
-- The Twelfth Night, William Shakespeare
Chris wrote:Correct me if I am wrong, but I thought that generally speaking it was a bad idea to do that.
Aside from that, if you were to do it, it would be the same process as doing a liquid.
It is not necessarily a bad idea, just not very cost effective when you calculate the time taken to split the culture and the chance of infection to save a couple dollars on a packet of dry yeast.
I wouldn't waste my time unless I was brewing on a commercial scale.
Preston to g&g and back? That's a fairly hefty ride. Unless you took Citylink, but I suspect the cops would pick you up before you got past the on-ramp!
Admire the dedication though...
StuTee wrote:Preston to g&g and back? That's a fairly hefty ride. Unless you took Citylink, but I suspect the cops would pick you up before you got past the on-ramp!
Admire the dedication though...
Ah, but I work half way in between at Melbourne Uni. 20 minutes each way to G&G from there.
dT.
Dost thou think, because thou art virtuous, there shall be no more cakes and ale?
-- The Twelfth Night, William Shakespeare
Oddly enough, no, though you're not the first person to ask. Bioinformatics.
My sig, I happened on when trawling through the works of The Bard for beer labels - after my son thought when he was called "Shakes Beer". So Shakes Beer is my label, and the names are all Shakespearean references. My latest is an IPA "The Fairy Queen" which is a reference to A Midsummer Night's Dream - Titania, the fairy queen asks Oberon, the fairy king, if he has come all the way from India, just to carry on an affair with a mortal.
dT.
Dost thou think, because thou art virtuous, there shall be no more cakes and ale?
-- The Twelfth Night, William Shakespeare
20 minutes each way to G&G from there.