ningaiden87 said:

I'm thinking that would be more snug. Yay or nay?

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Personally i wouldn´t.
Syringe filters are an unnecessary contam vector to me.
I use lab bottles for LC, free pour and single use.
Lids unmodified.

     

fiddle_head said:

I would just drill a 1/4" hole and use a synthetic filter disc sticker, taped with micropore. It's all you need really. Syringe filters are unweildy and vestigial for the most part.

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ningaiden87 said:

Goatrider - Do you leave the lids cracked on those unmodified media bottles? How do you achieve gas exchange? Do inoculate with colonized agar chunks? Also, what are you typically free pouring into?

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The cap is screwed tight after inoculation with tiny agar myc.
As the media bottles aren´t full with LC to the rim, there´s plenty of air inside,
no gas exchange needed.
That´s for short term use,
if you plan to use your LC later, you better have a filter for gas exchange.
F.e. a 500ml bottle i´d fill with 200ml LC max.
I pour to grain jars, just eyeballing the amount,
a little more or less doesn´t matter.
Erlenmayer flasks are the best to me for pouring,
but standard media bottles do the trick also.

In the end one should know, if LC is necessary.
If you just do some tubs now and then,
i´d strongly advise on grain-to-grain inoculation.
Saves some time, and i´m sure the myc jumps over way better than from LC.

     

Goatrider said:

Never had the need for a hood, everything in SAB.

     

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Goatrider said:

I'm in deep love with these.
Pouring plates is just fun.

     

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The Tao said:

Don’t bung it, just put foil over the top of the flask.

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ningaiden87 said:

Nice, it really is like making a homebrew yeast starter. Just way lower gravity. I plan to save some unhopped wort from brew day, then dilute to the appropriate gravity for agar and LC. No malt extract needed!

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That would be 1.008 OG for 2% plates and 1.001 OG for 0,2% LC