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So I contacted Precision Laboratories about the test strips and it turns out they were expired. They have about a two year shelf life when stored properly (I was storing them in a hot garage so that probably didn't help much). Since they don't have a date stamp on the bottles (they working on...

I've been having the same experience with the test strips. Mine are from Precision Lab. I even went so far are to do a comparison test acidifying a room temp sample tap water with 88% lactic acid to pH 6.0, confirming with my aquarium titration test kit. In theory the test strips should have...

Doing a English Nut Brown Ale. My schedule gets a little crazy, but it looking like Monday will be brew day. Johnny B

I'm new to starters (tried my second one today). I made a couple of mistakes but I'm hoping I can simply do another starter with the same yeast. Tell me what you think. I did a 1.040, 1000 ml start with a stir plate, but I used a airlock. I went back to double check with Mr. malty that I'd...

~8 hrs... That's the piece of info I was looking for. Johnny B

I live in Los Angeles and it's been pretty warm here lately. Also, my tap water is fairly warm, like low 70s. I too have trouble getting down to pitching temp. I've had good success with the immersion chiller and swirling it around in he wort to make sure I'm getting all the warm spots, but...

Good deal. Thanks for the advice. Johnny B

I tried my first starter the other day and not sure if a couple of problems along the way are anything to worry about. I did a one liter, 1.040 wort. Pitched in evening when it was cool and maintained a temp of around 73 degrees (5 above my primary ferm temp) for the first 14 hours. I checked...

Yeah buddy Johnny B

Nothing eats Flor de Cana from Nicaragua. They have a about five rums ranging from 1 year old white to 12 year old dark. All of then are smooth and very affordable. For something at the higher end cost wise, Ron Zacapa makes a 40? Year old that's super smooth. I have it at a Cuban restaurant...

Fan? No, I'll try that along with moving the shirt for a little while. Thanks for the help.

But I have a wet tshirt covering the entire bucket. Won't the stick-on thermo pick up the temperature of the tshirt?

I'm trying to figure out the best way to monitor the temperature of my fermentation. I'm currently doing an American Ale that wants to ferment at 67 F. Since it's a little warmer in my house, I'm using a wet tshirt to bring the temperature down. I don't think a stick-on thermometer would be...

I recently brewed what was intended to be a Belgian Dubbel, but added an extra gallon of water to the fermenting bucket and pitch only one vile of yeast when I should have pitched two. I'm not sure how much impact the smaller amount of yeast has on the final outcome, but certainly the extra...