Scut_Monkey

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Mine only got to about 74F due to ambient air and my inability to control it at the time. I think the beer would have had more flavor had I been able to reach the higher ferment temps. Could only do what I could do at the time. Sounds like yours is coming along well Enid.

smuth10

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I just brewed this beer and it went crazy in the primary. I have it in a bucket with a blow off tube in there. Up until recently I did not know about ferm cap and I do not have any. I noticed there is a ton of trub on the sides of the bucket of course. This is a stupid ?, but would it be ok to scrape some of that back in there to keep the yeast count up. I am worried I am loosing too much yeast through the blow off tube and it is going to quit on me. There has to be a pretty good amount of yeast in that.

Thanks,

The FNG

MacBruver

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I wouldn't touch it. There's plenty of yeast left there for the beer to do its thing. The belgian breweries actually harvest the yeast off the top of the beer as it ferments for the next batch.

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Freezeblade

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Or make bread with it! done it many a time with belgian yeasts blow-off

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saq

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Yeah this yeast doesn't really need your assistance very much, just let it do its thing.

smuth10

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Thanks for the replies. I decided it no longer needed the blow off tube and put in an air lock. Got up this morning and the top to the bucket had blown off and there was %$#! All over the walls. What an idiot. Won't do that again. Hopefully it still turns out. Can't wait to drink this. Think I am going to brew another batch and do the new world recipe.

Thanks again, scott...

smuth10

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Sorry to bother you guys again, but I have another question about this beer. Never brewed a beer that still has such a high krausen after three days. I would like to test the gravity, but I usually sterilize my hydrometer and put it in the top of the bucket. I could open the spout on the bottom and pour some off, but I figured it will be mostly crap. What do you guys do?

MacBruver

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I wouldn't bother checking the gravity. I know what it's like wanting to check it every ten minutes, but until primary fermentation is done and the krausen drops there's really not much point.

It's obviously fermenting quite well, so I don't think you have anything to worry about

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smuth10

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That's pretty much how I feel. Makes sense that it doesn't need to be checked though. Thanks for the reply. I can't wait until this is drinkable.

Scott...

MilwaukeeBrewGuy

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so what has a little age done do these brews that were brewed as part of the group?