Thanks Sol, and to others, suggesting I try seeding. My only reservation "would have been", that I have less CS to use or give away, so I'll just use a larger container, which would probably make the brewing time longer, but probably, most likey, not all that much longer.
On Tue, Mar 2, 2010 at 5:23 AM, sol <sol...@sweetwaterhsa.com> wrote: > > It might depend on how much of the previous batch you leave behind to seed > the next batch. I believe someone posted a long time ago a formula for this, > might have been Terry Chamberlin? I think it was that leaving 1/4 of the > previous batch will reduce brewing time by 2/3 or similar, I can't remember > it exactly, but since I first read it I have always left approx 1/4 of the > previous batch. At first it may seem like this "wastes" CS you could be > using, but for me it speeds up the brewing time so much it is worth it. It > may be pertinent that I need to start with distilled water that is very > pure. So if I didn't seed a batch at all, it will take a very long time > indeed. > sol > >
