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Thanks I thought so too but wanted to do a sanity check. This has been a long brew day with a four hour decoction so last thing I wanted to do was mess it up with my starter. Tasted the starter beer after decanting to check it wasn't sour. Will wipe away and hope for the best!

About to pitch my yeast from starter that was crashing in the refrigerator. Is this mold or anything bad? Thanks in advance!

Thanks for the feedback - was wondering if HSA would be an issue in this case even though I wouldn't consider it to be anyway near "hot". Will keep back 1 or 2 bottles but plan on drinking most of this one whilst it's fresh (it's a Hefeweizen) @ craftybooze - here's my aeration system - I got...

I recently finished a brew session where I used an immersion chiller to get my wort down to 92 F (My tap water is 80 F so difficult to get much lower. I then racked with a siphon to my fermenter - after which I aerated with an aquarium pump, filter and stone. At this stage the wort was still...

Thanks for the responses - I doubt it's an infection so most likely chill haze. Would adding ice to hot wort to help cool it be a potential cause? I brew all grain and use a wort chiller - but with this beer my boil off was more than expected so to hit 5 gals and target gravity I added a bag...

Currently enjoying my first Kolsch - after cold crashing for two weeks at 54F the beer was super clear. I was actually amazed at how clear the beer was and very excited to bottle, looking forward to potentially one of my clearest beers yet. Unfortunately it hasn't quite turned out that way...

I've been having the same issue. I'm in Hong Kong where room temperature where I store my beer is 80 - 85F during the summer. I know this kind of heat can't be good for the beer but we lack space for a dedicated beer fridge and our regular fridge is already full!

Thanks for the response Dan - quicker temp changes aren't really an issue for me as my aquarium chiller can cool the water quite quickly and if I needed to drop it rapidly I could drop some ice packs in there (all though that does defeat the point of buy a chiller) Really pleased with the FTSs...

First post on the forum here! Currently fermenting a Kolsch at 64F. Using the FTSS temp control, a small cooler and an aquarium chiller. The ambient room temp is 78-80F. My question is, what would be the ideal temperature to set the acquarium chiller at so that the FTSS can maintain the...