Great writeup! Good comments too! If you notice that there is too much condensation on the lids of the petri dishes, incubate them UPSIDE DOWN and handle them upside down. This way the condensation won't drip onto your colonies and wash growth across your plate.
Great writeup! Good comments too! If you notice that there is too much condensation on the lids of the petri dishes, incubate them UPSIDE DOWN and handle them upside down. This way the condensation won't drip onto your colonies and wash growth across your plate.
I don't like storing anything in my bottling bucket. I can, however, fit my immersion chiller, thermometers, and a bunch of brew day stuff in my brew pot. I then flip its lid upside down (handle into the pot) and stack on top of it. Keeping items necessary for a task together is always a time...
Unless you find a bug on a cone, I would not immediately think it was a bug. Any signs of mildew? What is your watering/fertilizing routine? Maybe the cones are burnt, not eaten.
You either overcarbonated the bottles (too much sugar per volume of beer). Or you have an infection. Or perhaps you did not refrigerate long enough. Please give a rundown of your pre bottling beer volume, priming sugar, method of priming, sanitizer used, and length of priming time. Did you...