Kit O' Beer #28 Chocolate Dark Ale Redux

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I forgot to mention I did a yeast starter. about 250gms of dry LME, boiled, cooled and then added the yeast. Swirl it around a few times during the day, keep the temp at the right level. 24 hours later added to beer.

The starter seems to generate a bit of heat on it's own so I haven't had to do too much other than insulate it.

I haven't tried a beer from this method yet but I expect it will be ok. The fermenting does seem to come on nice and robust and the feel I get is that it is a smooth increase in activity, rather than nothing for a while followed by an explosion of activity.

Aiming for less residual flavors in the beer. I think given the way the fermentation takes off I am doing this process ok.