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I put that new stir bar to work for the last 48 hours making a starter for the brown ale that I intend to brew Monday morning. I put the starter in the fridge this morning.
When I ordered the new stir bar I was careful to order exactly the same as the one which is temporarily at the bottom of 5.5 gallons of fermenting English Bitter. I was trying to increase the odds that the new stir bar would work without having to tinker with the stir plate. I was surprised to see that not only did the new stir bar work fine with no adjustments to the stir plate but it spins almost silently in 1.25l of starter. I have never been able to get the other one to run anywhere near this quietly. Looks like pitching that first stir bar was not such a bad thing after all.
When I ordered the new stir bar I was careful to order exactly the same as the one which is temporarily at the bottom of 5.5 gallons of fermenting English Bitter. I was trying to increase the odds that the new stir bar would work without having to tinker with the stir plate. I was surprised to see that not only did the new stir bar work fine with no adjustments to the stir plate but it spins almost silently in 1.25l of starter. I have never been able to get the other one to run anywhere near this quietly. Looks like pitching that first stir bar was not such a bad thing after all.
user 163849
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I took the first hydrometer sample of my English Bitter today. The reading is 1.005 (OG was 1.044) and the flavor is really good at this point. I will probably be bottling on Monday or Tuesday.
