Yeast Starter Hiccups

[deerstream]

That is a pretty technologically advanced swamp cooler setup! Very nice! I will also echo the helpfulness of folks here on this site. Some of them are jerks (so what if I am!?), but most of the people on this site are great and honestly just want to help each other as best they can. I am sure I will still be looking up various tips and tricks and best practices on this site 20 years from now! It's just a never-ending stream of great information.

That's a really nice system. Mine is just a tub with ice water haha

 

[Nyle]

That's a really nice system. Mine is just a tub with ice water haha

Thanks I didn't want to steal the thread but thought I'd share. I built it from advice from the forums here. The controllers are STC1000s that are talked about here often. They work well, were cheap on eBay, and were easy to wire. I can add ice if needed but right now I'm doing brews that use yeast that's happy at 65F-68F which is where these coolers seem to stay even with an active ferment going on.

How's the brew coming along?

 

[deerstream]

Well I ended up dry hopping in the secondary for a few weeks. Bottled yesterday. Sample tasted good. ABV was a little high than the recipe suggested, but given the nature of my quandary, that isn't surprising.