I say spend the extra couple dollars and get yourself some rice hulls, I had a stuck sparge once, once....
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I have a question regarding your d-rest, I just pulled a sample after 5 days and I am sitting at 1.022 I didn't detect any off flavors but want to do a D rest to be safe. Should I bump it up now and what temp do you recommend? It is fermenting at 61 degrees at the moment should I ramp it up to...
I got mine off of eBay with a ton of bags and 3 rolls that you can use to make any size bag you want for 35 bucks! Just keep an eye out and one should pop up eventually.
I have gotten the same smell, and don't use bleach. It is the active fermentation in a closed environment. I doubt they few drops of bleach helped though. I cannot say with 100 % certainty, but I think you are fine.