Recent content by Brendad

I like to have my fermenter in water. That stabilizes temp well and prevents swings. A regular carboy can fit inside a plastic bucket which would fit in your cooler.

Thanks a lot for your wisdom I appreciate it. As a result of said first starter I'm actually having my first blowoff situation (phrasing...). I don't have a blowoff tube so i've put 3 layers of paper towel, soaked in starsan, over top of my plastic 6gal carboy with a rubber band. So far so good...

so just to be clear. whatever mrmalty says (or whatever calculator you choose) when I see the "recommended starter size" I can basically just use the 1g/10mL and apply that to the recommended starter size? So you start with the weight of DME then fill up water until you meet your mL...

I just made my first starter this last friday, then pitched sunday. So about 48 hours later. Similar circumstances. 2 cups water to 1/2 cup DME. No stir plate. Chilled to room temp. When I use mrmalty it says i need a starter of 1.08 L. Soo... how does that translate to how much water/DME I use...

you could also submerge your fermenter in water. This will slow drastic changes in temp. I've put my fermenter inside my brew kettle and filled it with water. Kept things cooler as well as more consistent.

Simple to use, elegant control, compact. and affordable! haha... its kinda not any of those things. 600 bones is not affordable in my book, the control is not elegant, actually looks like the inner workings of a james bond style ticking bomb. Bah!