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Oof, 940 usually takes off like a rocket for me.
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You need a lot of hops in wort to have much impact on yeast, afaict.
http://braukaiser.com/blog/blog/2013/07/01/yeast-growth-in-hopped-wort/
Denny generally suggests a lightly hopped starter also.
Not saying cl02 wouldn't be more ideal... But I don't think there was any detriment to suggesting hopping and perhaps some minor protective effect.
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Fwiw + I don't think a year old is a big deal, but due to low cell count, I was thinking more along the lines of trying to prevent small scale bacterial contamination from becoming more robust.
I dunno. Nbd either way.
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Need to see what i have in the fridge, too. My vermont ale likely needs some love, along with 1056, and my two english strains i have in there.
I need more flasks...
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For a once per year clean up I'd look into plating them out and build a fresh starter from there.
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