Make Good Beers Better With A StirStarter Yeast Stir Plate
This is a brewing tool to take your home brewery to next level and it's fun to use. Many home brewers don't pitch nearly enough yeast. A stir plate helps you culture higher cell counts of healthy yeast for quicker fermentations, lower risk of infections and better tasting beer. All in less time than it takes to make a conventional yeast starter.
Customers Say:
"I just wanted to drop you a line and tell you how thrilled I am with the stirplate you made for me. My Dad and I were on and off extract brewers for a bit, and relatively new to partial mash recipes. We have been brewing at least once a month since the start of the year. After tasting our partial mash Blonde, pre stirplate, I was searching for ways to make it even better. The one thing I kept hearing about was yeast starters. I read a lot about stirplates and yeast starters before making my purchase through you, always want to support a fellow homebrewer. Last week my Dad and I opened our first brew made with a yeast starter using your stirplate, a Red Ale. We were both abolustely blown away by it, and I'm not a big Red fan. We were very pleased with our Blonde, but the difference between a beer made just using a smack pack and one using a yeast starter and a stirplate is huge. I thought our beer was going to taste slightly better, but wasn't prepared for the level of improvement that a yeast stater on your stir plate made. -Jason in Arizona 6/15/2012
May News
We're making changes on this website to help serve our customers better. Orders will no longer be accepted on this site. We've passed the packaging and shipping duties off to the trusted retailers you see in the "Where To Buy" box below. If you have any questions please contact me at dan@stirstarters.com or by phone 269.993.6206
Introducing "StirStarter 5L", the stir plate large and strong enough to stir a 5L starter wort! It's got a larger 8" x 6" base, ball bearing drive motor and drive magnets with 15 lbs. of pull force. Available through William's Brewing and Adventures In Homebrewing.
What's Inside?
This unit has two powerful NdFeB button magnets in the 12 VDC stir motor, which is controlled by a precision voltage regulator for easy speed adjustment. The RPMs of the drive motor are limited, so the motor will not "throw" the stir bar, yet it provides enough to get a good vortex going. A low voltage, plug-in wall transformer provides power to the unit. The black plastic case dimensions are 6" x 4" x 2", large enough to accomodate a 2000 mL flask as shown. A Teflon coated 1" x 5/16" stir bar is included. A "keeper" magnet is also supplied to lock the stir bar in place while the yeast is pitched, so the stir bar won't end up in your fermenter!
About Me
My name is Dan Jeska, and I live in southwest Michigan. I have been homebrewing since 1995. I have an engineering background and enjoy building my own brewing gear. I am a member of local clubs in Kalamazoo and Ann Arbor
You may contact me at dan@stirstarters.com or by phone 269.993.6206
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