TOUCAN STOUT QUERY

[Greenyinthewestofsydney]

Hey mate.

Yeah you can't go wrong with holding some dry yeast in the fridge. It will last 2 years at a decent enough viability.

Yeah 100g per litre of LDME is a good amount for a starter. I use that for an all malt batch. If I'm doing a batch that uses some simple sugars I will often modify it to use a combination of LDME and sugar. 

When looking at making a starter off slurry I will often use this calculator. It's great and easy to use. The difficulty is knowing your starting yeast count. With slurry I worked on 1.5bn per ml but the toucan stout has thrown my confidence in that number. 

https://www.brewersfriend.com/yeast-pitch-rate-and-starter-calculator/

[Greenyinthewestofsydney]

Oh and 100g per litre will give you about 1.036 gravity for the calculator

[Pezzza]

23 minutes ago, Greeny1525229549 said:

Oh and 100g per litre will give you about 1.036 gravity for the calculator

Thanks mate.  All good. Funny you know -- your trouble with a Toucan -- my poor performing yeast was a Dark Ale-Lager Toucan...  The Toucan Yeast Triangle!?!

Maybe I coulda left it a little longer but am always keen to get off to a quick start to avoid any potential other colonizer getting into the fermentables… 

Now when you say CCA you are meaning Coopers Commercial Ale Yeast and not Copper Chrome Arsenate?

(the CCA used to treat telephone poles etc to prevent yer termite/borer etc )

[Greenyinthewestofsydney]

Yeah CCA. Coopers Commercial Ale yeast. From the bottle and cultured up. For me it's bloody good yeast and the most versatile yeast I can think of. It's a yeast though that varies by temperature. At 17c is pretty clean. 18c it's fairly clean with a touch of pear. At 20c and over and it's fruit city for me.