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I will try and recenter the magnets I have, as I already have them! I appreciate the help, I was curious just how much action or whirl I need to have the max air exchange. Also I tested it w water, and would one day like to be able to harvest 5L worth of yeast for high gravity beers!

So I made a stir plate w a PC fan and a potentiometer. The bar gets thrown when I turn up the speed. I'm using small rare earth magnets 3/16. Should I get larger magnets? If so what size?

I would like to keep better tabs on the temperature of my primary, could I snake a digital thermometer through the airlock? Then I could have an alarm go off when the desired temperature is reached, or strayed from.

Lol, yes it would! Thanks again for the feedback

Yes, my reading was pure wort now that I think about it.

So after looking around, I found a brewculator and it has my ibu at 3.75, the style calls for 6 - 8. Could I boil some hops and add to the secondary? Additionally, I added .5 oz of the hops and left the in the beer, no hop bag. Does that affect the ibu's?

Okay, thanks a ton for the input! I need to learn the brewers math for next time! This is the first time I've ever remembered to take a gravity reading, lol. I was so proud do myself, haha. It's only my 5th brew.

So what should I have done differently? More hops to offset all the malt? Do you foresee alot of unfermented sugars? Is there anything I can do to fix it in the secondary?

If it is too sweet when I transfer to secondary, could I just dry hop it?

The beer is already in the primary, it's got good action in the bubbler. It's a 5 gallon batch. I may have taken the gravity reading while the wort was above 70 degrees. Whic might have thrown it off

Pumpkin Wheat 3lbs Briess Bavarian wheat LME 3 lbs plain light Muntons dme 2 lbs wheat Muntons dme 1 oz of hallertun hops 1 tsp of pumpkin spice Bavarian Weizen yeast WLP351 53 oz of pumpkin purée in 2 gallons of water Heated till boiled for 20 min. Add lme and dme for 30 min Add 1/2 oz of...

Dme as in dry malt extract, the malt I'm using is 3 lbs honey Bavarian wheat, 3 lbs plain light, 2 lbs dry wheat.. I love dark heavy beers, but I don't think this will be one!

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I'm going to try a pumpkin wheat. I have 5 lbs of dme and 3lbs of lme. Is this suffice, or overkill?

Well, after telling my wife that I may use these buckets...she too shivered and said she may allow a little more in my homebrew budget for some more buckets! I consider this a success! LOL! Thanks to all for the replies!

active ingredients were: sodium hydroxide and sodium hypocloride I'm not a chemist, is that bleach?

I have two buckets that once held industrial grade sanitizer for a dishwasher, they are both labeled 2 hdpe plastic. I'm only wondering if I should use them for beer or not. Is there a special way to clean them, perhaps with baking soda to neutralize the prior chemicals?

Lol, the dog says thank you...and I appreciate the help!

I used ice to cool my wort, and dropped it down to 50 degrees...then had to put my yeast in due to time constraints! Did I screw the pooch?