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Have you taken a look at the pitching rate calculator at www.mrmalty.com? It's a very good guide. For a 1.048 OG lager wort and using one vial of liquid yeast, you'll need a 2.8 liter starter. I suggest you begin with 1.5 liter starter on your stir plate, stir for 16-24 hours, let rest for an...

It's............it's............ALIVE!!!!!!!!

Northern Brewer has a good buy on 4L erlenmeyer flasks, $29.99 Looks like they are out of stock on them right now, but let's hope they are able to get more, that's a very good price. Cynmar's pricing on the same size flask is around $54.

Pickles, To clear up any confusion about HBT vendors selling stir plates: Derrin's stir plates are sold at www.stirplates.com StirStarter stir plates are sold at www.stirstarters.com We're two different people selling some quality gear!

If your stir bar will spin on the plate by itself buy not in a flask with water, it's probably because the drive magnets aren't close enough to the stir bar. Try putting some spacers or washers under the computer fan to get that HDD magnet as close to the top of the stir plate box as possible...

Winchester models 75 (.22 LR) and 1200 (12 GA)

A few comments about the stir-plate.com website problem: His claim that the LM317 voltage regulator generates too much heat is bogus. I can run my stir plate at the lowest speed setting, where one would expect the LM317 to get the hottest, and it doesn't even get warm to the touch! True, the...

Here's a guy who has built a better carboy brush, his name is Joe Burgel, look him and his photos up on Facebook. It's a piece of PVC pipe with trimmer string attached. I built one very similar and it works great. No metal parts to scratch the carboy glass! He has a series of photos on his...

Coastarine, Excellent idea for a low cost drip tray. I have a keezer in the last stages of construction and I have put off the purchase of a drip tray, mainly because they are so friggin' expensive! My problem is solved. And I think I may have a magnet or two laying around here to mount it!

I'd use an undrilled rubber stopper. Same thing folks use to fit and air lock on a glass carboy, only without the hole. You can buy 'em undrilled. That way you can remove for cleaning.

+1 for teflon tape. Rectorseal doesn't sound like something I would want in MY beer!

Nice AG setup! I didn't see a screen or false bottom in the mash tun, what are you using for that?

Derrin and I are both stir plate vendors. He is www.stirplates.com and I am www.stirstarters.com, two different sites. I wanted to clear up any confusion about us. He makes a nice stir plate, he has lots of happy customers, and that's what it's all about, giving homebrewers a good product for a...

That's a fascinating idea, turning the stir bar into the rotor! Polyphase motors with multiple poles in a size that would fit into a small box may be hard to find, though. Aren't most polyphase motors made for big pieces of rotating machinery to keep the torque constant? But it's an idea that...

With you fermentation temps at the upper end of the range, it's entirely possible that your yeast can be finished in three days. Trust that hydrometer, as the previous poster said, it won't lie to you. I see you are in SW Michigan. Let me put in a plug for Bell's General Store in Kalamazoo...

The ratio I always use is 1 gram of DME for every 10 grams of water. Grams and mL are roughly equivalent for water at the temperatures we use. Easy to scale up with this ratio in mind.

Outstanding beer room! Looks like you even have a nitro tap on the keezer! Awesome! Let me know how that StirStarter stir plate works out for you!