What's a worse feeling?

[fuzzybee]

Pouring your stir bar into the carboy, or later pouring it into the toilet?

 

[spittiz]

I have plenty of stir bars in the woods behind my house and usually one or two in my compost.

 

[BrewZer]

Pouring your stir bar into the carboy, or later pouring it into the toilet?

Maybe the question should be "why are you pouring your beer into the toilet?"...

 

[fuzzybee]

Maybe the question should be "why are you pouring your beer into the toilet?"...

Just cleaning out the carboy. I'm not at a point yet to be repitching the slurry.

 

[BrewZer]

Just cleaning out the carboy. I'm not at a point yet to be repitching the slurry.

Ah.

You know about the second magnet trick, right?

 

[bracconiere]

Pouring your stir bar into the carboy, or later pouring it into the toilet?

i'd say fishing it out of the toilet, because it was your only one? lol

 

[Golddiggie]

I have rare earth magnets on hand to hold the stir bar to the flask when I pitch the yeast slurry from the starter. Even then, I've dropped a couple into fermenter over the years. I just drain the fermenter into a sink with something to catch the stir bar so it doesn't get away.

I also have a handful of stir bars on hand. Different sizes depending on the size of the starter being made. So even IF I lost one somehow, I have others that can take it's place. At least until I decide if I need to get a replacement.

 

[soccerdad]

I went to a science lab supply on line a couple of years ago to buy three stir bars. Then I bought a small kitchen strainer - like tea bag size. Now when I pour started yeast from the flask, I pour through that strainer. Learned my lesson.

 

[BrewZer]

I went to a science lab supply on line a couple of years ago to buy three stir bars. Then I bought a small kitchen strainer - like tea bag size. Now when I pour started yeast from the flask, I pour through that strainer. Learned my lesson.

Even easier -- get a magnet out of an old hard drive. When you take your starter off the stir plate, find/fix the stir bar with the hard drive magnet. Then you can pour your starter without worrying about where your stir bar will wind up...

 

[fuzzybee]

Even easier -- get a magnet out of an old hard drive. When you take your starter off the stir plate, find/fix the stir bar with the hard drive magnet. Then you can pour your starter without worrying about where your stir bar will wind up...

The key is remembering to do this!

 

[fuzzybee]

i'd say fishing it out of the toilet, because it was your only one? lol

Already ordered 4 more from Amazon

 

[Golddiggie]

Even easier -- get a magnet out of an old hard drive. When you take your starter off the stir plate, find/fix the stir bar with the hard drive magnet. Then you can pour your starter without worrying about where your stir bar will wind up...

Ripped the magnets out of some hard drives I was decomming a while back. They're stuck to a wire shelving unit in my home office. I also have regular rare earth magnets on the fridge to use with the starters/flasks.

 

[bracconiere]

Already ordered 4 more from Amazon

i need some thin long ones......think i'll look for some now! down to my last one myself!