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Did it warm up/get knocked or something like that? If it did, CO2 could come out of solution and make something that looks like a krausen.

Looking for a ticket as well. Can provide lodging/transportation if someone has an extra.

Looking to get a ticket, preferably for both days, but if you cant use the ticket one day I would definitely be interested in buying a half ticket .

http://yeastcalc.com/ Use this. It looks like after a 2L starter with a stirplate you could get the right cell ct with a 1L starter.

Making a starter for dry yeast is not as important as it is with liquid. The yeast already have a lot of sterols built up which they need for healthy growth and fermentation. The one thing you should do however, is rehydrate the yeast in warm sterile water. If you pitch right into your wort, the...

Be careful about scorching. LME sinks to the bottom of the pot and if you don't stir continuously you might get some scorched extract on the bottom of your kettle which will lead to some off flavors. Other than that, you can treat it the same as DME.

I love kegging. Much faster, and if I really want bottles I can bottle from the keg. There would be no issues only putting 2-2.5 gals in the keg. You should be purging with co2 anyway so oxidation should not be an issue. It is a significant investment though. You are looking at an investment...