Brewing help from BN
Posted: Tue Feb 14, 2006 9:12 pm
by bubrewer
I was brewing 10 gallons of Berliner Weisse tonight while listening to the archives. I think it was the information-bereft Superbowl show. Anyway, I swirled up my yeast starter and poured it in the bucket. "Thump" went the stir bar when it hit the bottom of the fermenter.
Two minutes later I heard the warning in the podcast about doing just that.
Can you guys synch the podcasts to my brewing activities a little more accurately please?
Posted: Tue Feb 14, 2006 9:35 pm
by Brewcaster J
dude...you're absolutely right. I'm reformatting this weeks show right away.
that's funny
Posted: Wed Feb 15, 2006 2:41 am
by Lufah
Posted: Wed Feb 15, 2006 2:49 pm
by dawgfur
I did the exact same thing the day before the Superbowl!
Luckily, I was using a V-vessesl conical and it ended up in the collection ball for easy retrieval.
Posted: Wed Feb 15, 2006 4:09 pm
by Bugeater
Monday was the first time in my last 6 brew sessions that I didn't drop my stir bar into the fermenter. I still need to rack a couple of brews to get my other stir bars back.
Wayne
Bugeater Brewing Company
Posted: Wed Feb 15, 2006 5:51 pm
by George
Wouldn't a magnet on the outside of the glass keep the thing from falling in while you pour the starter?
Just wondering...
Posted: Wed Feb 15, 2006 5:57 pm
by trans
Getting a stir bar retriever (Cynmar and the like sells them) or a stir bar arrester probably isn't a bad idea. I don't use anything like those at home, but in the lab I use a stir bar retriever. A stir bar arrester like the one in the following link would probably be even better, since there is no contact with the starter wort.
http://www.spectrumchemical.com/retail/ ... Fid=261111
That said, it only helps if you actually remember to use it, haha.
- joe
Posted: Wed Feb 15, 2006 7:46 pm
by Bugeater
trans wrote:That said, it only helps if you actually remember to use it, haha.
- joe
That is exactly my problem! I have all sorts of big magnets around the house.
Wayne
Bugeater Brewing Company
