ottaross, (edited )
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I'm also going though my old notebooks and doing a bit of a beer-making ingredients inventory. Some of it has been sitting for a while and I should use it up! So a mini batch of beer this weekend.

Got some nice Cascade and Citra hops on hand! Probably use those for finishing and use my garden's fresh hops for boiling.

Anyone have a good idea how fresh to dried scales? I always just wing it, but should be more measured about it.

ottaross,
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A bit of searching in brewing chat groups suggests perhaps 6:1 for fresh to dried, account for the moisture in them that would be removed by drying.
Seems plausible, but purely anecdotal.

ottaross,
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Hmm, my yeast is very old, maybe defunct. Think I'll try to foam it up overnight and see for sure before I try it in a batch.

Similar to breadmaking, I don't want to find out the hard way.

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Sterilized everything and made a little 150ml wort and cast a few grams of yeast into it once it reached its temperature happy place (15-20C).

That was a couple of hours ago and I'm seeing some signs of life. Not bad for an open pkg of yeast with a 2021 expiry date.

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@ottaross

I guess your yeast is the famous Lazarus brand 😄

ottaross,
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@GustavinoBevilacqua Immortal Yeast Co. lol

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@ottaross You using Star San for that sterilization? A friend has told me that's better than the old stuff. I need to get back into brewing. ;)

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@Dianora I tend to just use boiling water and haven't had any trouble over many decades of brewing.

For bottling I'll sometimes use a weak bleach solution with lots of rinsing if I have a lot of bottles.

For the micro batches I do lately, a kettle full of boiling water does the trick.

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@ottaross Thanks!

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