callmehippie said:

Any ideas why my agar wouldn't have set properly?

I did 5gs lme×10g agar× 500ml

I poured them and went to bed came back and they looked like they were set but then once you move them around. Some like  a "broken sauce" a  watery jelly. And some are kind of like apple sauce consistency.

The applesaucey ones had a lot of sediment and stuff when I poured. The other ones had almost none.

I'm thinking maybe for some reason everything didn't emulsify properly in the pot?






The only thing I can think of that might have been a little bit different than last time. I put my pot of water on the stove dissolved the lme.

Then I turned on the heat low weighed.  out my Agar and added that. So the water was just a little bit warm. I don't know if that makes a difference or not?


When I put everything in the pot how long does it need to stay on the stove?

Does it need to come to a boil or does it just need to be nice and hot for a certain amount of time before I take it off?


Im about to redo them now.


Ps. Not telephone brand

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B Traven said:

I use whatever agar I can get my hands on. Sometimes it's the full-on strands that I have to cut with a knife in order to fit into the pot, and then cook until I can't see the individual strands anymore. Sometimes it's whatever powder they had at the Asian Grocery. I stopped measuring amounts a long time ago. I just add my agar and water and whatever basic-ass ingredients I'm using, and bring it slowly to a boil. Stir it a little to keep from sticking to the bottom of the pot. All of this in an extremely passive and distracted manner, usually in and out of the kitchen the whole time.

I let it cool down in the pot to see if I like the consistency. Then I reheat it, either adding water or boiling some off or just trying to get it back to liquid depending on how I liked the set in the pot. Then pour into plates, let cool, and load into the IP.

It's all a very end-of-the-night, I'm-too-tired/stoned-to-do-anything-else sort of activity.

My only real point here is, it shouldn't be hard. And it certainly shouldn't require the immersion blender.

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Since you let it solidify in the pot first, you could skip remelting, slice it up equally like a pizza and put the pieces on the plates.

Kloakk said:

AZ Starman2112 said:

There is so much science in brewing a great beer, not just a beer. You seem to know what the fuck you are doing and I wish I lived near you so I could taste your brews! 🍻

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Thanks man

I think brewing a good beer can be achieved by most if one is willing to learn some basics and(unfortunately) get some gear, but it doesn't have to be expensive. In my view a fermentation fridge is one of the most important brewing equipment to make good beers.

Some yeasts are more forgiving then others, but they can all ruin a beer real fast if they are taken out of they're temperature comfort zone.

Another is oxygen, you could do everything right, mash, boil, ferment and when it's time to bottle, expose the beer to oxygen and within 2 days you're straw yellow
hazy neipa goes from tasting like a basket of different fruits to a brown sludge tasting like old tea bags and cardboard, so a pressure fermenter and a keg to do closed transfer is a game changer, even for beers that are not hop forward(hoppy beers oxidize so fast) a closed transfer will increase shelf life by months.

But hey, I've done lots of tasty beers fermented in a bucket on the floor of my man cave too. Cream ale(lawnmower beer) is an excellent option for doing just that

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catnip40 said:

I stir constantly

Cooking crack is a lot similar

What did master p say 1g of baking soda every 7g of coke

I stop and turn off heat/continue mixing and then remove from heat when the mix becomes viscous and u can see a sheen form on the surface it becomes less clear and more shiny and becomes pretty thick pretty quick after that point

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BeefSupremeJr said:

pretty blurry picture but it appears to appear ok.

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Shit! 13hr work day, weed, beer, phone camera, nothing good can come from that.
Sorry bout that. Hopefully this is better. Put the phone on a stand😋