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Just a quick note on their customer service: I had contacted them after my initial test that seemed to reveal a faulty unit, I told them that I would drop it in my fermenter and keep them posted. I received this email from them yesterday: "David, Is your Brewometer functioning correctly? I...

For those interested, this is what the graph produced by Google Sheets looks like (that is about 45 hours after pitching yeast). There is a big "gap" in data (when my phone rebooted right before I left for work), but it gives a good idea: http://imgur.com/wpHYb7F

I am happy to report that the device seems to be functioning properly: it is currently covered in thick krausen (pitched yeast on Tuesday evening), and the gravity has been steadily declining since about 12-16 hours after pitching time - with the expected fluctuations up and down, but the trend...

So, the device is basically measuring the tilt of the device (through an accelerometer?), and then uses a calculation to determine what this "tilt level" corresponds to in terms of gravity? If that's the case, then having mine kind of stuck to the side of the fermenter (almost "rubber to...

Quick update: when I got back home, "swirling" the device in the fermenter made the reading go back to normal (uncalibrated: 0.994). It was kind of "stuck" the side of the plastic fermenter, so maybe it was affecting the reading. I tried in another jug of water, and it was reading fine, stable...

A hefty 188.19 $CDN (April 4 exchange rate). At least, they seem prepared to help : I received a reply from them. They are suspecting a leak (even if units are tested for leaks), and are prepared to send me another unit. I'll keep you posted!

Unfortunately I am at work, but I'll take it as soon as I get home... Once I drop it in my fermenter tonight, though, It'll stay there until bottling time... I hope they answer me before I do that... Being in Canada, this thing was a bit pricey (with the exchange rate and the international...

I just wrote to the company about the gravity reading: I find it odd that it would almost steadily ramp up from 0.994 to 1.013 overnight, in tap water... I'm beginning to worry that either the temp correction of the gravity is wrong, or I have a faulty device. Maybe it's not as accurate in plain...

Received mine yesterday! Will brew tonight, and report back. I did a test overnight (i'm also testing my fermentation temperature control setup for the first time). The Google Sheets work like a charm. The temperature readings also seem fine. But the gravity seems odd: I tested with tap...

Thank you for your responses! I received everything today; everything seems to work as intended (I am making tests with a jug of water). Looking forward to my next brew (early next week), my first one with temp control fermentation! I'll be able to ferment at the temp I want, raise it a bit...

Just wanted to share another success story (at least for now!) with Clarity Ferm. My girlfriend is celiac, and her mother is at least gluten sensitive (not diagnosed, but she gets significant symptoms with gluten, including beer). I have brewed to batches with Clarity Ferm so far, and both have...

I have a question for you all! I'm setting up a fermentation chamber. I bought a used mini-fridge, and I will be receiving shortly an Inkbird ITC-308 and a seedling heating mat (https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B0001WV010/?tag=skimlinks_replacement-20). I ferment in a 6 gallon plastic carboy. My...

Probably because I'm from a "linguistic minority" (French Québécois, to be precise...), but it matters to me. I think that trying to respect cultural differences (including specifics of language) is a minimum, in a globalized world where the "language of the empire" tends to overtake everything...

No, of course, there's a lot of heavily mispronounced English out there, I'll give you that. Frenchmen (from France), for example, have a terrible habit of using English words everywhere and pronounce them with a strong French accent. I guess I was ranting about the fact that if you're going...

The fun part is that it looks like it has its origins in German words, but that it may actually be an English word (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trub_%28brewing%29). I was under the assumption that it was a German word. So... why the pronunciation "troob", if it's not a German word?

Not to sound too anti-'Murican, but that tendency you guys have to pronounce any foreign word like if it was an English word (I call it the anglo-saxon cultural steamroller), man, it gets on my nerves...! Like how French words like "rendez-vous" or "coup de grâce" become almost...

I tried to search for it and came up empty, but do you have the recipe for your hopped cider? My girlfriend is celiac, and while I use Clarity Ferm so she can enjoy a glass here and there, she is still uncomfortable with the idea of drinking something that has barley in it. I'd like to try...

Did a "compulsive buy" and pulled the trigger yesterday. The site said three weeks before it ships, and I'm hoping it won't be too long to get to Canada. Well, they already charged my credit card, so hopefully it means they intend to deliver soon. I'll give an update one I receive it!

That's actually my dream early-retirement plan : buy land in my "native" region (la Petite-Nation, somewhere in the vicinity of Montebello), build a hop farm, and have a small brewery on location. Not sure how that would fit with the current laws, though. Oh, a few things, though: I'm only on...

4 gallons + 5878 = 5882 Brewed this 3 weeks ago, and it's really good now. I am impressed, I thought it would be too light. It's really tasty.