Recent content by cawf

So how did it turn out?

Thanks all. I just left it and kept emptying the runoff.. I must have lost a good liter or so, after all said and done, which is sad but an excellent lesson about being prepared. Now its a very low (but vigorous) stream, seems like the majority of the initial fermentation is done, so I'll just...

Airlock/hose is definitely not clogged, it really is taking off though! Whats best way to sanitize and clean during this process? If I remove the airlock from the bucket to temporarily clean & sanitize, there will be nothing preventing any air entry into the bucket for a few minutes... Is that...

Cheers, thank you! I don't have a restrictor, thank god, so that'll work. will keep mopping and cleaning and suck this up to a lesson well learned (and just buy a 5.5 gallon lol). I don't mind cleaning and mopping, just do not want to let this thing sit for 2 weeks and only then learn that it...

Not spewing... but keeps dribbling little foam. I would say in total (I keep cleaning it) I've lost 1/4-1/2 a bottle.

Yep, like my tags on this post - this was a total newb mistake. This is my 8th beer, each one better, but they were all 2.5 and I never really considered this problem. Totally my bad for being unprepared; but thats what I wanted to know, if I should just suck it up and get what beer comes out of...

Thanks kh54s10. Given those caveats, is it better to just let this one go and just see what happens? I dont mind if I lose a few bottles of beer out of it, but I don't want the whole thing to go bad either, so if the annoying work of siphoning actively fermenting (we're talking big CO2 burps)...

Hi all I'm in a little bit of a pickle. Yesterday was brew day and the first time I did 5 gallons (as opposed to 2.5). I thought my fermentation bucket was 5.5 gallons but its actually literally exactly 5.05, so when I poured the wort and pitched the yeast, the level was almost flush with the...