Harvestsmiles

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@MSUConrad, I was curious about that, I just finished my stir-plate build and after testing with water and some black pepper I almost dumped my stir bar down the drain and was curous what to do if it ends up in the fermenter... Thanks for the tip

mobilecabinworks

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Also when getting your stir bars make sure they call have the band in the middle for rotation. Some do not.

lowlife

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Im curious why they need the band in the middle?

mobilecabinworks

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It gives the bar something to rotate on reducing friction and allowing better vortexing. plus it makes less noise. Also helps if you have a weak magnet.

LandoLincoln

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I bought some of those. The stir bar kept getting thrown. I took a razor blade and removed the band. No more thrown bars.

mtnbikerbrewer

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It's a good idea to have an extra magnet around to attach to your flask and hold your stir bar when decanting and pouring your starter into your batch. Unfortunately, if you lose your stir bar in your fermentor, I would just suggest leaving it there until your transfer your beer. To me the risk of reaching in to get it isn't worth it, though I guess you could try to fish it out with a sanitized spoon. Since your stir bar should be sanitized, I wouldn't be worried about leaving it in the fermentor, just make sure you remember to get it out later so you don't dump it down the drain (made that mistake)...

Homercidal

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**TIP - If you want your stirbar out of your flask or fermenter, you can get a nice rare earth magnet and slide the magnet up the side and the stirbar will follow, right up to the top.

To prevent scratching, just place a thin piece of paper or fabric between the magnet and the fermenter/flask.

This will get the stirbar right up to the lip and onto the magnet without having to touch the fermenter.

mobilecabinworks

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Thrown bars tends to be an issue of too fast of a rotation ( you don't need to spin super fast to keep yeast suspended), or a vessel with a bottom that is not flat (like a mason jar or growler). Removing the band probably allowed enough fiction to keep the bar from throwing. If it works, use it!