Recent content by onthedot

Wow, I could have wrote this post! I also leave mine sitting around until I have room in the fridge, use 75% of corn sugar, transfer, and purge as you. I find it still needs just a day or two on gas to really get used to it. Also, I release some co2 before I hook it up to my system (don't...

So this brew sits on the powdered pb and coco powder for only 10 days? Has anybody kept it on those ingredients longer?

I use Mr. malty to calculate my starters. What is the yeast viability date for this method? Do you use the date stamped on the original package of yeast from wyeast/white labs? Or do you use the the date you most recently harvested from a starter?

I use Mr. malty to calculate my starters. What is the yeast viability date for this method? Do you use the date stamped on the original package of yeast from wyeast/white labs? Or do you use the the date you most recently harvested from a starter?

I am pitching the yeast into a brew. It's been 3 days on a stir plate and my gravity is 1.015, I just wanted to make sure it was completely fermented before I took it off of the stir plate. Used light DME and Wyeast 1056

What is the target gravity that a starter should be after fermentation? Assuming the OG is 1.030-1.040

I have the say that I love this method! I looked into a few different methods of recycling yeast and this is by far the easiest and most convenient so far! One question: Is there a picture of the 'proper' amount of yeast in the final jar? I am not sure if I am cultivating the amount that I...

I have the say that I love this method! I looked into a few different methods of recycling yeast and this is by far the easiest and most convenient so far! One question: Is there a picture of the 'proper' amount of yeast in the final jar? I am not sure if I am cultivating the amount that I...

I can't believe you get 70% eff with no-sparge! I need to double batch sparge if I want to hit upper 70%s. What is your process like? My mash setup is a cooler with SS braid. I mash in and stir like heck, then stir an equal amount at the end of the mash. Since sparging doesn't happen, I'm...

I've tried both ways and get the same output.

Post boil volume will need to subtract loss from the boil kettle and loss from the carboy (both of which varies depending on your setup).

I am curious about how brewing softwares adjust for efficiency. I had always thought that any increase/decrease in grain would be relatively proportional for all grains. However, I have noticed my beersmith efficiency calculations seem funky on more a few occasions. Let me elaborate. Let's...

Thanks, I'll have to look into that. I'm curious - have you measured the ambient temp while the fermWrap heater is heating?

So, the consensus is that the air temp doesn't matter one bit, only the wort temp. After investing so much into getting a controlled fermentation environment, my brain does not want to accept that this means 80+ degree air temps

I have a mini fridge hooked up to an STC-1000, and this 25w space heater http://www.williamsbrewing.com/BREWERS-EDGE-SPACE-HEATER-P518.aspx I insulate the probe with bubble wrap and have it pressed against the glass of the carboy. I keep everything set at 67 F. I just went in to check on...