Denny's Evil Concoctions

Recipes 

After talking to a few people on here that use anti-foam stuff, and then reading about the simithicone (the ingredient in gas-x), I have started throwing a gas-x pill or two in the carboy. Sure got rid of blow offs.

EDIT: fixed spelling of smithicone

__________________
I may not be an expert, but I did stay at a Holiday Inn Express........ 6 months ago.

http://www.homebrewtalk.com/f39/dennys-quick-dirty-faq-153729/#post1766281

http://groups.homebrewtalk.com/Taproom_Facebook_Repository

Fenster

Recipes 

Does the gas-x affect head retention in the finished product?

Denny's Evil Concoctions

Recipes 

My wit seems pretty heady so I would say no it does not.

It's silicone based and falls out of suspension. (Chemists, correct me if I am wrong).

__________________
I may not be an expert, but I did stay at a Holiday Inn Express........ 6 months ago.

http://www.homebrewtalk.com/f39/dennys-quick-dirty-faq-153729/#post1766281

http://groups.homebrewtalk.com/Taproom_Facebook_Repository

wdenton

Recipes 

I decided to go with a blowoff tube.
I was able to tightly fit the tube though the grommett.

My hefe is still fermenting like crazy. It started to ferment 5 minutes after I put in the blowoff tube

uwjester

Recipes 

Glad to hear its going well. I don't know if you have done a hefe before, but I thought I'd mention that the usual aging rules don't apply. With most beers, the idea is to let the beer age a little to let flavors mature and yeast settle. With a hefe you usually get better beer earlier in the process. I keg my beers, so I pretty much start drinking a hefe right after it is done fermenting. If you are bottling, you are more or less stuck with the bottle carbonating time, but you can skip the whole ~2 week "secondary" stage.

Cheers,

__________________
--------------------------------------------------
This space intentionally left blank.
--------------------------------------------------