Recent content by Ed134

Thanks for all the advice. I wish I knew what went wrong so I can avoid doing it again in the future. The only thing I can think of is that maybe the wort was too warm,80F, when I pitched, but that's what the instructions from my LHBS recommended. I've brewed 4 previous extract kits in the...

6.5gal Ale Pail, was filled with 5gal of wort at pitching time, now it looks like 4.25 gal. Rapid fermentation stopped this morning, no krausen flowing through the tube. On bucket thermometer reading 70 now, no reading last night thought it was broke, obviously it was too high to read...

Thanks. It's slowing down, more of a trickle through the blowoff than a steady stream I had earlier. Looking through the fermenter with a flashlight for a second I saw the liquid line was a little over the 4gal mark.

Thanks for the advice/encouragement everyone. The blowoff is around 5'(it was the tube that came with the autosiphon), would a shorter tube be better? Saw the post about putting it in a tub of ice water, would this be beneficial, or would it be better to just leave it alone? I have to go to...

Wort/beer leaking out of side of fermenter is cool to the touch. Previously fermented 5 extract batches using the basement, constant 67F, without incident. I'll see what the temp is on the outside walls(lows in the low 20s tonight), maybe it'll be a few degrees colder there. Is this excessive...

Stupid stick on thermometer isn't working. Rye Porter OG: 1.057 WLP005 High Flocc, 67-74% Atten Holiday Ale(problem) OG: 1.057 WLP013 Med. Flocc, 67-75% Atten Both White Labs tubes were well before expiration date and brought up to room temp over several hours. Not worried about using the...

Im using the Brewer's Best Ale Pail(6.5gal, filled to 5gal). I have a Rye Porter kit that I also brewed yesterday in an identical Ale Pail, also with White Labs liquid yeast, right next to the overflowing fermenter that's doing fine(action in the airlock, no overflows). Rye Porter: WLP005...

Yesterday I brewed a "Holiday Ale" kit from my LHBS. I finished at 3pm and put the fermenter(Brewers Best Ale Pail) in the basement(67F). I checked before work today(5AM) for any activity, there was none. When I came home from work today(3PM, 24hrs after pitching), I encountered a fermenter...