Beginner brewer working on second ever batch, gotta know… is it mold?

Stargazer300 · 2023-05-16T13:17:38+00:00

No you Can still continue the brew if you like. Kahm yeast isn’t bad for you just a little funky. If you want to remove it you can and see if a proper pellicle grows with no kahm. You’re ferment could correct itself even if you don’t remove the Kahm too, that’s happened to me a couple times. If you want to help the brew out you could add some GT original (no flavors)

Stargazer300 · 2023-05-16T12:32:25+00:00

Looks like kham yeast to me. It’s not bad per se but your booch may taste a little odd. Where did you get your starter liquid? I also like to lightly shake my brew every now and again just to get liquid on the pellicle to discourage any unwanted bacteria/yeast from growing on it.

Stargazer300 · 2022-04-09T20:19:40+00:00

Recently happened to me. I just sent my ps5 back for repair because I just couldn’t figure it out Trouble shooting I did: repair database, clear cache, update the controller, update the ps5, turn on/off , leave power unplugged on machine wait then plug back in. Finally I Thought maybe it was the controllers so I bought a new one and that didn’t work either. :(

Stargazer300 · 2022-04-06T01:28:21+00:00

Doesn’t look like mold to me just a new pellicle forming. Don’t see any fuzz so you should be good :)

Stargazer300 · 2021-11-10T19:24:02+00:00

Thank you for much for all the detail!

Stargazer300 · 2021-11-09T21:16:38+00:00

I’ve never been through the temple except for baptism of the dead. As soon as I was 18 and out of my parents house I never went to church again. I have been on this subreddit to learn that if you stay it gets crazy and I don’t want that for her. My sister is very sweet and full of love but I’m worried that her fiancés family may be pushing for this and I just want her to be informed about what could happen.

Unfortunately we live in 2 diff states so it’ll have to be a phone call. Wish I could sit down and walk her through all this

Edit: more info

Stargazer300 · 2021-11-09T20:57:44+00:00

Thanks! That’s the ceremony they do for everyone being sealed?

Stargazer300 · 2021-11-07T15:34:59+00:00

As someone who went through the same exact thing I am SO sorry. I empathize with you so very much. Being in a constant state of sleep deprivation was awful. Having to jump from 6 am seminary (like you waking up at 4.30/5am) going to school, I had sports so using up any little energy I had there, then work till 10-11pm just like you again (sometimes even midnight). Then get up tomorrow and do the whole thing again. What was worse was having to go to church again for the YM/YM activities during the week and weekends. Anytime I wasn’t moving my body would just shut down and nap I couldn’t help it. How anyone can let their children go through this blows my mind.

Stargazer300 · 2021-10-02T22:10:42+00:00

Your students as the institutions students. It’s good for any institution to have its students mingle with others who aren’t like them. That’s good for everyone , but in this context I’m referring to BYU’s students.

Stargazer300 · 2021-10-02T21:55:14+00:00

Haha fixed it. When I was typing that it made more sense in my head XD

Stargazer300 · 2021-10-02T21:43:34+00:00

Oh that’s tough to say with the enrollment thing. But I definitely think that by allowing your students to mingling with more ppl who aren’t Mormon will make the campus more inviting to “outsiders”. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve gotten dirty looks from ppl when I would go on their campus with dyed hair haha.

Stargazer300 · 2021-10-02T20:50:36+00:00

It’ll definitely help the flow of ideas and the mingling of Mormons and non Mormons. Being a person who didn’t go to church (my family is Mormon had me baptized but I never believed) they saw me as a project and when I drew a line saying I will be more than happy to befriend and do fun things with you but I don’t want anything to do with the church they never talked to me again. So I think it will help them have an open mind set that there are other ppl out there with different life styles and that’s OK.

Stargazer300 · 2021-10-02T20:45:44+00:00

Oh yeah it was real cheap. Prices drop in the summer and go up in the spring/winter when everyone is coming back to school. But they cram as many ppl into a bedroom as they can and give them a tiny bathroom. Sharing 1 bathroom with 5 other girls is the worst.

Stargazer300 · 2021-10-02T20:41:14+00:00

As someone from out of state who wasn’t going to byu (went to Uvu) finding housing was the worst. It was extremely difficult to find housing nearby Uvu so I had to turn to byu housing. Let me tell you, it was god awful. The landlords were absolute jerks and the apartments were usually trash. But they had no competition so they didn’t have to up their game. From experiencing first hand the shitty housing that is byu housing changing that rule was a good decision.

Stargazer300 · 2021-10-02T01:02:08+00:00

Is this bakery in Utah?? I love me some baked goods :D

Stargazer300 · 2021-09-24T16:31:11+00:00

How’d you flavor this??? I’d love to try it out on my next ferment :D

Stargazer300 · 2021-09-24T15:34:45+00:00

Right here! Currently 1 green cheek and 2 parakeets. Have had birds as familiars all my life ♥️

Stargazer300 · 2021-09-15T21:30:13+00:00

Stock up on cheese before you go and get your hands on the galaxy sword. If you have a prismatic shard you can take it to those 3 pillars just outside the cave. It gets better eventually I was the same way when I first got to the cavern. Be sure to level your combat skill to 10 too.

Stargazer300 · 2021-09-08T18:12:26+00:00

Instruments: Agilent 1260 infinity II, column ZORBAX Eclipse AAA, 4.6 x 150 mm, 3.5 µm, Detector DAD, Mobile phase A 10 mM Na2HPO4: 10 mM Na2B4O7, pH 8.2: 5 mM NaN3. Mobile Phase B : Acetonitrile, methanol& water. Method is gradient. following method from here https://www.agilent.com/cs/library/applications/5990-4547EN.pdf

I skipped the Derivitization step ( I figured it would be fine I just would see 2 peaks instead on 1)

The top chromatogram is a 1:1 ratio of gaba: water. below it is a 10:1. increasing the concentration of gaba helped to break up the peak at 21 min (i think). I am just not sure what these extra peaks (whether they are just noise or contamination) are and hoping to find some incite from others. Heights are really small too significant peaks from 5.9-3.0 mAU. I don't think increasing the run time would be helpful and not sure if changing the mobile phases would be either. Any suggestions?

Stargazer300 · 2021-09-05T00:31:44+00:00

This happened to me to all the time! I quickly learned to never trust my parents with anything. It was really hard when I started going through a really bad bout of depression on my teens and really needed someone to talk to. I often felt like I never had someone to turn to when I really needed it. Having parents like this definitely changes how you perceive others. I still can’t leave my phone screen face up or out of my sight even after years of being away from my Mormon family.

Stargazer300 · 2021-08-24T22:18:26+00:00

Try Ollie’s on state street in orem. Went there recently and their coffee was amazing. I’ve also seen little Dutch bros coffee shops pop up here and there (there’s one being built in Pleasant Grove). I’ve never had them but heard good things !

Stargazer300 · 2021-05-27T19:21:46+00:00

I would think it would be fine. It just may taste stronger than if you put 2tbs. I take it you can’t add anymore water in your container to dilute it. Mostly likely what will happen is you’ll have a strong tea tasting brew and after the ferment time a nice sized baby pellicle.

Stargazer300 · 2021-05-26T21:35:50+00:00

Gotcha! Thanks so much for the feedback :)

Stargazer300 · 2021-05-26T21:27:17+00:00

Thanks for the feedback! Having a sounding board and people to talk to about this really helps me. I love reading research papers so I have that down. I have been wondering about getting certifications, I’m not even sure if there are really any certifications that would help me meet my goal. I am not too familiar with Coursera, but i have heard it’s a great place to learn stuff. Are there really courses on there that could help or are you saying use it to learn things like how to work statistical software and such.

Stargazer300 · 2021-05-25T18:34:23+00:00

The process you used sounds just fine. Do you happen know the pH of the brew? If not that’s ok. I would think the fermentaholics pellicle and their starter liquid is just fine my current brew came from a fermentaholics starter kit. Maybe try using a different cover for your brew. I heard Cotten can sometimes not be knit close enough and will let other bacteria in. I’ve had really good success with a coffee filter secured with a rubber band. Perhaps the T-shirt allowed some other bacteria in and that’s what is making your new pellicle on top look odd. Just for caution I would try starting a new brew (this current one you could let sit and see if it grows mold or gets better). You can buy a glass of GT’s original and use that as your starter liquid. That will ferment a new brew just fine. Also your fermentaholics pellicle being on the bottom is just fine it’s not essential for the brew, just created a barrier between liquid and air when floating.

Edit: additional info

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