Recent content by troyh

In my experience, the bar will get thrown if either (1) the magnetic connection is weak, (2) the fan is moving too fast or (3) the flask is not centered (or all three). I fixed #1 by bringing the fan's magnets closer to the flask by cutting a hole in the stir plate and raising the fan so the...

I use Star-San. It doesn't taste or smell infected, it's drinkable, but nothing like 1968 should taste. It's as if the hops and yeast meld in a bad way. Or maybe I under-pitched, but the fermentation was strong.

I made 10G of an American pale ale, fairly highly-hopped with Cascade and Centennial, and split it into 2 5G fermenters one with WY1968 and one with WY1056. Both were fermented in the same fridge at 17°C. The 1056 was kegged after 11 days and the 1968 was kegged a day later, both were done at 10...

My Dry Irish Stout. Happy St Patrick's Day!

But you'll want to drink more!

When Joe Flaccid throws 4x as many TDs as you, it's time to retire. Brady is officially a has-been.

American Pale Ale from "Brewing Classic Styles".

Yeah, it is creepy to listen to the same drivel over and over about a schoolboy and the love of his life.

How about this verb: dominate, as in "Cape wants to be dominated by Tom Brady".

Ale Smith's Old Numbskull. I opened this tonight celebrating my youngest kid's 2nd birthday. Fantastic! Even better, my wife doesn't like it so more for me. And "numbskull" was my dad's favorite name for me ("arrogant bastard" was my mom's name for me), so it brings back the memories.

Correct, North Coast in Fort Bragg, CA.

This year's Jubelale is the best yet, IMHO.

Magnets can stop the motor, I'd try separating them. But if it works in one container and not in the other, it doesn't make sense to me. I don't understand why the stir bar being further away would be better, unless the magnetic field created around the stir bar and magnets is bigger and is...

Remember that year Brady was hurt? What'd they win, 2 games? It's a one-man team. When he retires, the Patriots will look like they did in the 70s, 80s and 90s.

I meant that they have to be farther away from the fan. Before I put a spacer between the fan and the magnets I had similar issues that you seem to have. In one stir plate I used a half-inch piece of PVC conduit as a spacer and a real aluminum spacer in the other. The spacer is glued to the...