BeefSupremeJr said:

markh said:

el53 said:

So how long after you built your PC was it before you found out you needed to close the pressure release valve?

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Yes, I home built my All American 941 PC... DUH


This is agar, still warm, not LC. Do I need to do something different to avoid sediment? Or is it ok to pour plates with it as is?

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you know, i used to get this same shit.  same recipe i always used.  stipe and everyone gave me advice and different methods and the thing that fixed it was,

i moved.  i think its the water. chelation. perhaps high levels of mag or potassium, or calcium.  most municipal sources put it in the water for a variety of reasons, namely corrosion control.

who knows what the difference is now but it went away.

recon you could try using distilled water? id be interested to see if that helps.  if it does, id say we have our answer. it not, fuck i dont know.  never could figure it out.

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BeefSupremeJr said:

markh said:

ansr said:

Whats your recipe and for how long did you PC it?

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It is a premix agar/lme powder. Instructions were, 50 grams to one litre of water. The bottle only holds half a litre so i used 25 grams, added 1/2 gram of peptides.
PC'd at 15 psi for 30 minutes.

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let me verify your recipe bc dont get what youre saying.

2% recipe at 1000ml = 20g of agar, 20g lme

500ml = 10g of each
i dont care about the peptides but if understand right your recipe is 2.25% yeah?  if the mix is 50/50 2% should be 20g for 1liter and 10g for a half liter.

make sense?

not that i think this is your problem. but i do think 2% should be max.  all the cool kids are going 1.5% these days.  not me tho. im not cool.

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Here is the package with instructions.

I cut the recipe in half for a 500 ml bottle. So, 25 gr, then added the peptides and water to the 500 ml mark. So yes, it would seem it is a 2.5 percent mix and you're saying it should be 2%. I will do that next time.
Is 2.5% too much? will it cause problems?
I'm still pretty new to all this, but I want to get it right.
I ordered a bunch of pre-poured dishes that arrived severely contaminated, twice, and that's when I decided to pour my own plates.

toadking said:

I have a
Newbie Question I just PCed 2 jars of grain and I’m not sure how it should look when sterilized, theres a more wet looking area towards the bottom, should I cook them a bit longer? or is that good for moisture.

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B Traven said:

Goddamn.

I feel a little like Rip Van Winkle.

I'm still on asian grocery agar and instant potato flakes.

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The Tao said:

I get mineral precipitate when I PC my well water. I use distilled or condensate water I collect from the air conditioner A coil. No precipitate at all.
My well water is chewy but it tastes good.

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so, no wager then trypt?

tryptkaloids said:

toadking said:

I have a
Newbie Question I just PCed 2 jars of grain and I’m not sure how it should look when sterilized, theres a more wet looking area towards the bottom, should I cook them a bit longer? or is that good for moisture.

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What tek did you follow? Those look underhydrated and understrained

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BeefSupremeJr said:

ok,  how much would you like to bet?  hob will book it.  a bet with me is a sacred thing mind you.

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When I first started brewing I did what is called extract brewing. Instead of using grains you buy DME(dry malt extract). DME is just malt that has been mashed and freeze dried so I could skip the grain mashing step. All DME will have starch and proteins, they will clump together during boil, ever had a brownish ring at the agar level in the media bottle?, that's protein build up.

I use distilled water with my agar and I always have sediment unless I run the DME mix through a coffee filter before adding the agar agar, what's odd though is that the amount of sediment isn't always the same, so who knows. Either way, sediment is not a problem.

Btw real excited about your youtube channel, I finally got some time to chill in the man cave today and I'll be sure to subscribe when I get on my pc(phone has a different account).

tryptkaloids said:

You drink beef?

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Kloakk said:

tryptkaloids said:

You drink beef?

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I hope he is asking Beef if he drinks for the bet that might be going down, if not that's a nasty quick question!