Recent content by Rudolph

Is it one of those regulators that require you to pull it out before it will let you adjust it?

You wouldn't be to off the mark with the book thing scoundrel. I personally understand that the numbers I've given are just kind of rules of thumb to provide some guidelines just like Mr. Malty's Calculator (which ironically the creator co-wrote the book I referred to). I totally agree with...

When you say you added it to a larger starter you mean 1/2 cup DME to 2 cups H2O as a ratio correct? Not 2 cups total? I ask because when stepping generally the steps should be factors of 10. Meaning, the first step of 100-200 mL of 1.020 wort and a second of 1L to 2L of 1.040 (sorry I use...

When I harvested, I did it from just one bottle and into only 100ml of DME wort at 1.020. I didn't separate it though before stepping it up to 2L and didn't have any problems. If you do want to rinse and separate though many recommend using distilled (boiled and cooled or pressure cooked and...

Forgive my ignorance but don't most refractometers just measure sucrose? If so, wouldn't you only be measuring the fermentation relative to sucrose? As H22W stated alcohol throws off your reading. It is my understanding that after fermentation starts you will need to correct for other factors...

I started brewing in the middle of last year so I'm still green. Though I just joined, I have been coming to this site for several months. I can honestly say that I've learned more from the threads on here than anywhere else. Y'all are awesome!:mug:

I just finished my stir plate tonight. I had the exact same problem at first. I narrowed it down to magnets being to weak. I didn't want to buy another stir bar so I bought these rare earth magnets: http://www.rare-earth-magnets.com/p-43-nsn0641.aspx They each pull about 10 pounds and I'm...