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+ 5 gallons hefeweizen + 5 gallons brown ale => 19402.5 gallons

So I did not change my blowoff tube from my fermentating brown ale for 3 weeks, thinking it would be sufficient. During bottling today, I tried a sample and it was terribad. Was wondering if this could be from the blowoff use or if brown ale generally tastes bad green. No signs of infection...

+5 gallons Brown Ale = 17736

Correction to 16169

22,983 gallons + 6.5 gallons = 22,989.5 gallons :drunk:

+5 gallons Bourbon Barrel Porter 13714 gallons

+5 gallons saison 13154.5 gallons

By thoroughly mixing the yeast in the wort, you run the risk of premature settling or yeast getting caught in the early trub formation. Though the effect is probably negligible.

So I recently brewed a NB Chinook IPA (extract) kit. My OG was a little on the high side for the recipe, about 1.058. After reading much on HBT, I decided to add the 1 lb DME at the beginning of the boil and all of the LME at flameout. Anyway, for the first time I used a Wyeast 1056 smack...

7032 gallons + 5 gallons Chinook IPA = 7037 gallons

Does the rate at which I fill a bottle from my bottling bucket matter with respect to oxygen introduction? Should I try to fill them as slowly as possible or can I just fully depress the spring valve and not worry?

That's an interesting idea. Could you sleeve your autosiphon when racking to the bottling bucket or would the sleeve clog up? Edit: after thinking about it, of you left enough length hanging off the end, you would pull fluid through most of the mesh surface area and probably not have a problem...

In Palmer's How To Brew, there are various calculations and nomographs to determine the amount of priming sugar that should be used for a 5 gallon batch. Is that 5 gallon volume referring to the original volume or final volume of beer available for bottling? I found that after fermenting...

5 gallons oatmeal stout 5 gallons edworts apfelwein 3509.5

5 gallon batch, pitched yeast with 2 lb corn sugar: 22,083 gallons + 5 gallons = 22,088 gallons