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Why is it so noisy, anyhow? You don't need a crazy fast vortex. Slow and constant will work. The stir plate serves to keep yeast suspended in the starter.

You want the starter close to your cooled wort temp. As with any yeast, too cold and they go to sleep and won't kick off strong - too hot and, well,...it's lights out for our little friends. Keep at room temp and you should be fine.

Thanks a million. Seriously, I appreciate the help. I don't own any PBW. Is that safe for all plastics, too? I will be close to my local brew store this afternoon and will pick some up.

I'm now wondering if the honey at flameout caused the infection. It wasn't raw though so I'm not sure.

Here is a picture of the entire recipe - sorry for the lens flair with flash. I pre-washed the kettle before boiling with OxyClean then rinsed. I pre-washed bottling bucket and all bottling accessories (at time of bottling) with OxyClean and rinsed, then sanitized with StarSan. I have city water...

StarSan used for all brewing components with at least 2 mins contact time. Beer was oddly dark after boiling which kind of made me look twice. Good, strong fermentation and I hit my FG after 7 days exactly. I have a feeling there was an infection somewhere due to the wort already being too...

I just cracked a bottle of a basic wheat beer. It turned out dark and absolutely disgusting! It was so sour and had a terrible residual flavor. It was a 1 gallon test batch so I didn't lose out too much. My time is worth more than a 3lb grain bill. Anyone have an idea what caused this? I...

I back sweeten with StarSan and Sweet-n-low. I'm a lab rat but don't live in California. So I guess I'm safe lol [emoji39]

This DIY will spin the tits off a bull! Simple and really effective. Rare earth magnets for the win.

Yea fat fingered that one. *Neodymium Magnets

New DIY stir plate with dimyum magnets. This thing will spin the tits off a bull! Simple and very effective!

Edit: $18 original shipping cost not $19

So I order an 18 qt, induction-ready kettle from a well known online restaurant retailer. $63 for the kettle and $18 for shipping. My kettle arrives two days ago with a dent in it. After contacting the store's on-line chat and sending a picture, they offered me a free replacement. They said they...

That is a thing of beauty, my friend! Very cool that your job is doing something you enjoy! Thanks for sharing [emoji482]

Would like to see a picture of your professional set up. [emoji106][emoji106][emoji106]

Bringing this one back from the dead...just a little FYI. "A cheerleader for the Atlanta Falcons must be aware of the requirement to either have a full-time job or be a full-time student, because cheerleaders only receive a small fee (approximately $100) for appearing at the ten home games each...

34 and 2.5 gals a week..unless I find an int recipe that I can't wait to try then it's 5.0 gals a week.

Excelent. [emoji106]

Hey Texan, I see your in Cleveland. Hello from Medina Co. :rock: Yall have any good local brew stores up your way? I'm a frequent flyer of The Grape and Granary in Akron.

I use an 18 qt pot for BIAB. I brew exclusively 2.5 gal batches - this size allows me to mash normal 1.040 grain bills all the way up to big beers.