Stirplate best process

[Simon David kelly]

Hi All,

Just ordered myself a stirplate ans 2lt conical flask to get a better amount of yeast for the pitchin'.

However, I do not have a clue as to the best procedure to get a nice health 2lt ready to pitch. I've read that you should ready it a day before in 1.034 solution of sugar water; others say you may get off notes using sugar; others say it only need 4 hours not all night.

So what is the better aproach to preparing the yeast with a stirplate?

Cheers and a belated happy new year to you all.

Si

[Simon David kelly]

It seems that temp control is the big killer for me, that's where my sulfur seems to be coming from ...

I liked the pic of the scrap fridge with the controller and a bulb in a can for the heater element ... not sure how the cooling is done with a duff fridge, but I'm going to look into and give it a go myself ...

[Reviled]

bahahahaha, nice, I love it!! "mort-guage"

Tip for cooling with a dead fridge Simon - a mate of mine does it in Brisbane, he just fits 4 2L PET bottles with frozen water in and rotates them, so hell put 4 frozen into the fridge in the morning, then when he gets home swaps them out for some freshly frozen ones...

A bit of a pain, but if its all ya got, it works, and itll keep you going untill you get temp control or a new fridge. You should be able to keep it at around 18*c easy, even on the hottest of days because the fridge is so well insulated :o)