I have a 300g reef tank with a Digital Aquatics Reef Keeper Elite. My reef tank is in my dinning room 15 feet from my fermentation room. I see a direct correlation between each rapid fermentation and a drop of ph on the Reef Keepers hourly ph graph every time I brew. Its only a few .XX's but...
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I ran into the same issue when I asked the store clerk about canned pumpkin. He also stated that it was not is season. Yet on my way out, while walking down the baking isle there was a shelf of the stuff. As it turns out they only stock it near the canned veggies when its in season. Through out...
If you want to get a sample from higher up you can still use your current equipment. Just hold your wine thief 1/2 way down in the carboy. Then use your mouth to slowly suck a sample into the wine thief like a straw. When the suction stops it will self seal and your ready to drop the hydrometer in.
I made a double pumpkin batch about 9 days ago. After splitting them evenly one batch got Ringwood yeast and the other got American Ale 2. The Ringwood batch has settled out and is clear. The American Ale batch is still fermenting away and very little has settled out so far. So based on my...