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Overkill?
Posted: Fri Jan 15, 2016 10:12 am
by carrisr
https://youtu.be/ShUU3WX7BYI
This is on the slowest setting with a 2" stir bar. Maybe their claim you can make a starter in a 5 gallon vessel is not exaggerating. Do you think it will be up to the task of making my 500ml starters?
Re: Overkill?
Posted: Fri Jan 15, 2016 4:38 pm
by whitedj
Hmm. That's a good idea with the 5 gallon bucket. But I perfer to make a smaller beer to start my huge beers
Re: Overkill?
Posted: Fri Jan 15, 2016 6:05 pm
by czubak
Did you buy it Randy? It's crossed my mind to get one, but haven't heard much good or bad about them
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Re: Overkill?
Posted: Fri Jan 15, 2016 9:04 pm
by carrisr
Yeah. My stir plate was dying so I needed to replace it. I decided not to go cheap with another fan motor based one. I found this and decided to give it a shot. It's kind of bulky and probably way more powerful than I need. In case you can't make it out in the video, that's stirring over 1400ml of water.
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Re: Overkill?
Posted: Fri Jan 15, 2016 9:50 pm
by czubak
I broke my 2L and now have. 3L flask and my fan motor struggles to spin it above the 2L mark once the yeast really builds up. Nothing wrong with overkill [emoji106]
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Re: Overkill?
Posted: Sat Jan 16, 2016 11:06 am
by mjhora52
I like it. It might be in my future. Where did you buy the maelstrom?
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Re: Overkill?
Posted: Sat Jan 16, 2016 1:09 pm
by czubak
mjhora52 wrote:I like it. It might be in my future. Where did you buy the maelstrom?
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I know Northern Brewer sells em.
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Re: Overkill?
Posted: Sat Jan 16, 2016 8:46 pm
by carrisr
They're made by Northern Brewer I think. I actually bought it from Amazon. It would have been a buck or two cheaper with shipping from NB, but with Prime I know exactly when it will show up.
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