Recent content by chris997

You know, it was the day before halloween. Must have been something in the air. Y'all are very helpful. Thanks!

Thanks for all the tips! Turns out I misquoted earlier, am actually using WLP550, so this is still a Dubbel. Blow-off tube sounds like a great idea :-)

Ah. It was mid-high 60s in the fermentation room, so its totally possible that it was a bit warmer during the peak. I've read that you don't want to open the carboy during fermentation - what's a good way to check the beer temperature during fermentation? Thanks for the help!

Hi all, I'm a new brewer, on my second batch, and went with a Belgian Dubbel with a White Labs WLP001 yeast. I bought the ingredients from a local store and used them the same day. To my great surprise, the yeast went hyper-active. There was foam literally rolling out of the top of my...