olive oil = crazy starter

[jyoung]

well I made 2 1500ml starters last night and added 1 drop of olive oil to 1 of them just to see if I see any difference. There is definitely a difference so far after 18 hours this is what they look like, the olive oil was added to the one on the right.

[Crut]

thats pretty sweet, now i wonder what it will have the effect on beer.
I'm assuming your referring this back to the brewery using little bit of olive oil in they're batch. If i remember right, someone on the BN corps of engineers calculated it out as barely covering a needle tip not a whole drop. But it seems to have done something.

[Henning1966]

are you sure it is not because of the foil being way tighter on the one on the right the one on the left looks like it exchanges gas better

[jyoung]

hmmmmm, I guess I will have to switch the 2 flasks next time and see what happens then.

[jyoung]

I remember that it was something like the needle thing but hey it was late, a few beers and a drop sounded like a good idea.

[J.Brew]

Thats a trip! If repeated experiments prove the same I might give it a try.

[TMB]

Glad to see that I'm not the only one who wanted to try that. I'm definitely giving that a try this spring.

[BadRock]

Nice work, I have also wanted to try this but never have. Let us know how it pans out in the final beer.