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[โ€“] torknorggren@lemm.ee 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That, but also certain things like yeast don't scale in normal ratios. You gotta use logs and powers and whatever them fancy math boys do.

[โ€“] reverendsteveii@beehaw.org 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Oh balls if we're gonna get into the math for how many billions of yeast cells we're pitching and time/population curves and all that mess we're gonna need to take this over to the homebrewing community and talk to someone smarter than me. I just let my rises go until the volume of the loaf has doubled.