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Brewed 5-12 and the 1332 took off nicely. It's been three days since I pitched and my basement smells wonderful. I can say that it smelled and looked like beer in my flask.

A Irish stout clone using stressed yeast tasted like burnt rubber and bacon.....

Bought some Northwest ale yeast that has a date of 11-2011 on the package. Brewing this week and can't decide if I should use it. I made a starters his past weekend and it is now chilling in the fridge. It looks fine, I am concerned about vitality and taste.

SpecklEd heifer. Yeah WI!

This is my problem; the pot is either off or on, no variable resistance. Should I get a bigger/stronger pot? I hae a 6v DC power supply with a 12v fan.

I have ten (10) rare earth magnets bought from a jeweler. They don't grab both poles of the stir bar. WTF? Did I make a bad choice in magnets? I thought all magnets had a N/S pole and would automatically grab both ends of the stir bar. I have made several other stir plates that worked...

Here are my stir plates. If you need one...I'm just saying.

I have built six of these types of stir plates. I found out two things: if the magnets are not directly in the center of the spin it will throw the stir bar and too much power too soon will throw it for sure. Lowering the total voltage into the unit allowed the stir bar to get hold of the spin...

First 5 in the jug. 21618.5. It was so easy I have five more waiting. Not in the fermenter though.

Well the day after my last post the top almost blew off. Quick goat thinking, I rigged a blowoff tube in time. It rocked for just under 36 hours. Such a small starter did all that. It smells wonderful. Thanks for the help guys.

Here's he fan/rare earth stirrers I have built. Check em out if you need one, I got four.

thanks for the feedback, Brad. I will post back in a few weeks.

I will be repitching again tonight. Thanks Brad. I did not pitch; at 11:30 the airlock started. Waiting....

Thanks guys. I will wait until tomorrow (72hrs) before I make my move. Can I repitch 05 on top or will that cause off flavors?

I harvested Pacman from a Rogue bottle; drank the beer, capped the bottle with sanitized new cap, and refrigerated for 2 weeks. I then made a 1L starter from the yeast in the Rogue bottle. I decanted the beer off the top, pitched the yeast on 11.28 @ 70*. I am nervous the yeast was dead...

Easy on the spice. I just sampled mine and I guess I was heavy handed. 1 tsp. Not 1 Tbsp. My $.02.

Doing a smashing pumpkin variation Saturday. Next weekend is Chocolate Oatmeal Stout.

Harvesting seems to me the economical route.

When and where can Pacman yeast be bought? I'd like to brew this weekend.

What do I call this beer I am brewing? 9.44 lbs. American 2 row 1 lb. caramel 20L 1 lb. caramel 40L 1 lb. flaked corn Safale 05 East Kent Goldings 4.5% AA Cluster 7% AA