Does DME go bad?

[Yesfan]

To me it looks like it's definitely on the down slope if not done. No more fizz/foam of any sort showing now.

I'm going to pull it off the stirrer and put in fridge this morning. Should have had that done for this post but the magnet I have isn't strong enough to get the stir bar out. I'll have to head up to the hardware store in a bit to check for something stronger.

Or, I guess even if it went into the fermenter no big deal I presume. Not planning on making another starter any time soon, and even if so I have a couple other stir bars.

I was going to ask you about that stir plate. Granted, you have 4.5L of starter on it. How does it do with 2-3L?

 

[whoaru99]

I was going to ask you about that stir plate. Granted, you have 4.5L of starter on it. How does it do with 2-3L?

Never tried it with a smaller starter. I have a smaller stir plate I used in the past with a 2L flask.

I have an assortment of four stir bar lengths. In this case used the 3rd largest, which is about 2-1/4 inch long. It worked well at a setting of 4 of 10 with the 4L starter.

With a smaller starter on that Corning plate I'd go down a step or two in the stir bar size and give that a shot. I think it would be OK.