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Unnecessary - got it. Glad to know it didn't hurt anything though. Will be doing a 1000mL starter for my 5 gal honey brown I'm planning to brew tomorrow morning. Hoping that apple cider will kick off soon and start fermenting! I hate bucket primaries - you can't see what the heck is going on!

Well heck, I didn't know you shouldn't do a starter with dry yeast. Also, I used a Danstar BRY-97 American West Coast Ale yeast. Chalk that one up in the 'live and learn' column. I used one of the smaller yeast starter packets from my LHBS on my apple cider/wine. I'm hoping it was ok to dump...

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Ok, so according to Mr Malty, it looks like I need a 1000ml starter, right? Based on archer's recommendation above, I'd need to add 100g of my DME to my 1000ml of water. Sorry - not trying to make this overly hard or complicated, but I want to make sure I get this beer right. I've made a lot of...

Thanks guys. I'll check out Mr Malty for my brown ale. I've gone ahead and pitched the starter I made for the apple wine. Didn't think about pitching a 'mini-beer' into my apple juice, but I'm sure it'll ferment out nicely. I added some spices to this small 1 gal batch to see what'd happen! As...

Hi All, I recently acquired all the necessary supplies to begin doing yeast starters for my beers. Having said that, when I watch various 'how-to' videos and visit my LHBS, everyone seems to be different in the size of the starter needed. For example, Northern Brewer's You Tube video...

Whatever the cheapest one I can find is - one shot for the airlock and one shot for me! No need to worry about particular brand... :drunk:

Since we're sharing in our misfortunes, everyone may as well have a laugh at mine too.... Made my second ever batch of IPA in the house on the stove. All went well. I was chilling the wort in the sink and went to change the water bath for the third time, as I set it down on the sink top...

You can do it vogtenstein222! If you need ANY help at all, feel free to PM me! tb

Sorry I wasn't able to post more 'instructions' on this DIY, but I followed Daniel's instructions to the letter on www.onemansbeer.com and my controller is performing flawlessly. I couldn't be happier with it. Here's to my next DIY being a little better, and feel free to ask any questions! -tb

Last but not least, my new controller plugged into my 7.0 cubic foot Holiday brand chest freezer. Be sure to give the STC-1000 at least 24 hours to settle out the temp. In other words, don't be too concerned about fluctuations in temp during the initial time it takes to get the freezer cooled...

Be sure to break the tab that connects the two GOLD posts together (above picture). This will allow the controller to control your heating or cooling element separately. Otherwise, the STC-1000 will turn both elements on and off each time it cycles.

So I used the Dremel tool to cut out the outlet holes. I placed the outlet on the backside of the project box cover and traced the outlets with a pencil and then cut them out. It was also helpful to use a few finishing nails to hold the cover in place and keep it from moving while I cut out the...

I know it's been done quite a few times, but I also know that for those folks on the fence about having the confidence to build one of their own, sometimes one more DIY is enough to push them over the edge to take the plunge and attempt it for themselves. Thanks to everyone at the forum and to...

Can you give me an idea of what kind of shop light you're referring to? Those are variations I can live with! Considering, I'm only used to fermenting in my 77F closet, either of these options are LIGHT YEARS better than what I used to do...

Point taken - I'll try it without the paint can and see how it does. Thankfully it wasn't terribly expensive to fabricate... Once it 'leveled out' it seemed to stay relatively stable, varying only a degree or two.

Well I did go back and buy the materials to fabricate the "paint can" heater. Super easy and I threw in a 60w bulb just to check my work. It seems fine, but you suggest a 75w bulb? Seems a bit like overkill? That paint can got warm darn quick when I plugged it in and I was thinking of even...

Sounds great, and thanks for confirming guys. Many have mentioned insulating the probe and taping it to the side of a fermenter while in there. How do you guys 'insulate' the probe after taping it to the primary/secondary?

Well, I checked it again last night before going to bed, and sure enough, without putting a carboy in there it was right around 20.2 Celsius. I checked it again this morning and it was 18.5, so I'm guessing the freezer had just cycled again. Wonderful! I think it's working.... Now it's time to...

No carboy in there, but I'll gladly fill one with water and let it settle down in there and see how it does. I also cut a piece of 1" EPS foam to fit the bottom of the freezer as I didn't want to be setting carboys directly on the bottom of the freezer, exposing them to the super-cold metal...