That's good. For what it's worth I bought my scope (Amscope B490) for $250 on Amazon. It's been a fantastic scope for yeast projects. So even new ones aren't too stupid expensive. If I had it all to do over again I would probably get the tri-ocular type for a USB camera as well as optical. I...
I just use the disposable plastic pipettes and measurements in units of "drops".
I do make sure to draw the samples while the stir plate is going, and I draw a couple full droppers full and put into a small glass bowl, then I work out of that, using the pipette to stir well before doing the...
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I guess I had things backwards. I am well aware that hydrometers need calculated to determin fg, but I thought it would still move some kind of relative amount. I figured the refractometer would read lower than the hydrometer.
I guess I need to brush up on that, and I guess I'll stick a sample...
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So I got the refractometer out, cleaned up some pipettes and took a few samples today. All of the samples ranged from 1.018 to 1.021. (I started with 1.020 wort) so I'm a little confused.
They have been incubating at 83F for just under a week, and shaking once or twice per...
Cool, sounds like a good way to go.
I bought a few smaller flasks for yeast stuff, and they have a threaded cap. I've been loosening the cap and leaving it at that. But I think I would like to get some foam stoppers for the 2 and 5 liter flasks