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Cake day: July 5th, 2023

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  • In commercial brewing it usually goes from lab (seed sample for propagating) to some bigger brewery with propagation station. Smaller brewerys buy the propagated yeast from them.

    So we have labs that hold the samples and brewerys that propagate them at scale - it isn’t some second grade.

    When I want to try some unusual strains, I buy dried. It is more stable but it needs more time to get started.


  • It is maybe a little more assuring for me to go for yeast directly from brewery where I can directly talk to someone.

    I had some issues with yeasts because the shipping was really slow and it was dry yeasts. These live ones I tried few times and always it was refrigerated on route (covered in cold packs and still cold). I really can’t imagine that it will survive in summer.

    So it is maybe only mine prejudice and that I can get good yeasts more locally.







  • No it is mixed together, we didn’t get enough to make it separate. Problem is that it is too sweet and the gelling sugars for making jams has sometimes some conservative. We had to dilute it to get it started and it still is about 25-30l.

    It is not that weird as it seems, lots of people adds it to normal “moonshines”.

    As for me I won’t be brewing anything any time soon, life happened and I have loads of free time. I want to do something that I wanted to do for a long time - take my bike and ride through Europe.










  • I will be unemployed tomorrow. I don’t have plan for anything specific, I will probably just take my bike, put panniers on and explore Europe for some time.

    I am fortunate enough that I have saved enough money for few years of this. But still I will apply to some university to finish some degree to look important (I don’t understand the fixation of most people to these letters before names).

    What I mean by this is simply that you probably need to do something. It doesn’t have to be something that your family approves (my mom isn’t thrilled by what I want to do). Maybe move, try to find job elsewhere…


  • It depends on how you want to ride. Some just take credit card, stay in hotels and buy stuff as they need it.

    As for the bikepacking you probably mean you need 2 things.

    1. add rack or other mounting for your bags.

    2. make it as comfortable as possible. Grips, saddle, pedals and adjust it to your liking. You may add some “horns” for more hand positions and stuff like that.

    I would say that for shorter trips you just don’t need anything special. I helped my friends to go on bikepacking trip and one of them resorted to using backpack tied to rear rack by inner tube.