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I used envirotex lite on a table I made a while back (detail seen below), works great and still looks great a year later. It will pick up some fine scratches over time but they don't really bother me much. if you go this route make sure your bar top is completely level or it will not dry...

If i had a spare carboy I would rack it but I'm out of space for now. guess i will just have to let it ride

Bubbles aren't necessarily an indication of fermentation, could just be gasses releasing. have you taken a gravity reading? if not take one now, wait a week, then do it again. if you get the same # then fermentation is done. no harm in letting it sit another week in primary. good luck :mug:

sounds like an old timey blues song but unfortunately it is my current situation. I've only spotted 1 floater but there could be more I guess, hard to say. I know that fruit flies carry acetobacter which will turn alcohol into vinegar over time. The cider is in secondary right now, does...

hmmm I'm not sure where the tab is so that is probably my issue, only used one duplex. where is the tab exactly? the other part of the problem is that F2 function was set at the default .5 deg c. The light would shut off at the target temp but the temp inside the ferm box would rise past .5...

So I just built myself a fermentation chamber and used the aquarium temp controller STC-1000 that many others have used and seen here https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f51/ebay-aquarium-temp-controller-build-163849/ anyway it seems to be working to a point but I'm not sure if I wired it wrong or...

That looks awesome. no other word for it.

thanks for the google assistance. I forgot all bout this thread

My friend passed down his old but functional Valley Mill but it is mostly disassembled and I'm not really sure how to set it up. So... does anybody have a copy of the instruction/assembly manual or just some pics of how the rollers are mounted would be helpful. thanks, hard to find...

I added a lb of sugar boiled with a cup of water to my last IPA. It probably would have worked out fine but the weather hit 100 for three days straight while I was out of town and the carboy got too hot, major fusel alcohol problems.

Yeah I'm a bit mystified as well. It is definitely floating. I ended up dumping it and making another that seems to have worked judging by the post krausen leavings. I'm not sure how the SG got so far off, maybe I added a cup of DME instead of a half? Anyway thanks for the help, I do...

So I guess it didn't work

hmmm all I've got is a floating hydrometer, can't really check the SG

Think I should feed it some more wort? I plan on using this starter tomorrow afternoon

Only my second attempt at a starter so I thought I would see if anybody had input. Wyeast W Yorkshire 1469 smack pack dated 5/12 it was partially inflated and sitting in my fridge for a few months before I used it. Unfortunately I didn't give it the recommended 3 hours in between smacking...

is that the secret? I did just put new strings on my guitar...

ok added 1lb of sugar boiled with 2 cups water for 10 minutes. Activity has indeed picked up, the krausen is back up to about 1.5inches and the airlock is bubbling like crazy.

Right on I didn't realize that I could add sugar to the primary... I'm going to take a gravity reading when the krausen has fully dropped, probably tonight, might add some sugar depending on what reading I get. Would the sugar kick fermentation off again?

Well I brewed up on Saturday and overall it went pretty well but there were a few glitches. Wanted to mash out at 170 but only got it up to 162 before feeling a time crunch. I ended up mashing at 150. Forgot to add the LB of sugar! Getting the beer from the kettle to the carboy - I...

I'm not an expert but I think it will be super sweet/malty due to the high mash temp and crazy bitter with all those early additions and an extra 40 minutes of boil. Why didn't you do any late additions? I guess it depends on what you like, should be interesting to see how it tastes