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Leaving the wort alone overnight should be fine. Just make sure to be meticulous about sterilizing your fermenting bucket, and anything else that comes in contact with your cooled/cooling wort. Be sure to aerate the wort once you are ready to pitch your yeast. And, as stated, dry yeast...

Thanks! Feel free to reach out if you come across any issues while building your own stir plate. I'd be happy to help you troubleshoot a bit. And yes, having a stir plate definitely makes one more inclined to create starters. It's more effective than the periodic shaking method, and is fully...

When determining sparge water, you need to consider the volume of beer that you want, and then add extra water to account for volume lost due to evaporation during boil, grain absorption (left behind during mash), equipment loss (liquid left behind during draining of kettle, mash tun, etc). I...

I would third the stir plate as something to consider. Pitching a healthy starter will greatly shorten fermentation lag time (reduced chance of infection/contamination), and help to ensure a clean, complete fermentation every time. That, and then just be meticulous about recording your original...

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I'll often do something similar to this, where I fill a 5 gallon bucket with ice water, and then will use a submersible pump to run the ice water through my immersion chiller. Essentially, this pump attached via some tubing to my immersion chiller...

Either the egg, or a stir bar with a central pivot ring should work better than a plain stir bar. The plain ones have a lot more surface friction than those pivoting on a central point, and so they tend to get thrown as soon as you approach higher rpms. Another thing to look out for is the...

If you want to ensure that the yeast fully attenuates the grain sugar, you could add the cane sugar a few days after primary fermentation has started (when the specific gravity gets around 1.02-1.025, if you're measuring). Just boil it in a couple cups of water to sterilize and make a syrup...

Oh man, this is a fun little exercise of what I remember from the past 10 months. 9g Dark Night of the Soul Imperial Stout 9g Belgian Dark Strong 15g Star Fruit Pale ale 20g Catshark Face IPA 8g Coconut Sweet Stout 11g Accelerator Doppelbock 10g Oktoberfest 5g Earth IPA 5g Ruso Viejo Imperial...

Here are a few photos of one of my recent stir plate builds. It's an analogue speed control with a 3W 220ohm potentiometer controlling the fan speed. Rocker on/off switch, and a .2A hard drive fan. Got a 2.1mm jack in the back, so that the power cord is detachable for storage.

Awesome design and craftsmanship! I'm curious as well, how does the 1500W element handle a 5-6 gallon boil? Could you give us the approximate time it takes you to get from sparge to boil? Thanks for sharing the build!

Handmade stirplate, available at www.etsy.com/store/craftbrewgoods

Handmade stirplate, available at www.etsy.com/store/craftbrewgoods

Handmade stirplate, available at www.etsy.com/store/craftbrewgoods

Handmade stirplate, available at www.etsy.com/store/craftbrewgoods

Wiring detail. Handmade stirplate, available at www.etsy.com/store/craftbrewgoods

Handmade stirplate, available at www.etsy.com/store/craftbrewgoods

Handmade stirplate, available at www.etsy.com/store/craftbrewgoods

My handmade stir plates. I build these, and then sell them on Etsy at CraftBrewGoods.