thanks everyone! I was freaked when I came downstairs and saw my fermentor hissing beer all over my drums, wall and couch with foam pourin out like I just mixed baking soad and vinegar
So i woke up this morning came downstairs to check my Russian Imperial Stout in the primary out and it looked like a war zone. foam was coming out of the top of the fermenter the airlock was all gummed up and the lid looked like it was going to exploded. I took off the top lid of the airlock...
So I found an old 5 gallon glass water cooler jug at a garage sale and thought it would make an awesome carboy. I bought it for 10 bucks and after noticed that around the top on the inside it looks rainbow like, like you would see on an oil slick. Does anyone know of anyway I should try...
So I left it in the primary for 2 weeks and during conditoning added 2oz of cenntenial hops. I bottled last thursday and read the gravity at 1.010. I tried the mash and for an extract it has a nice bitter taste. also the tea flavor is kinda subtle, but not nonexistant. the aroma and taste...
thanks everyone, but my LHBS while im at school is pretty pitiful because it is mostly a booze store with a little section dedicated to HB. I will probably end up waiting Till I get home to get one or get a 5 gal bucket and use it as the pri.mary
I am looking for a cheap and easy way to make a primary with pieces avalible at lowes, home dedpot, ect. I own a 6.5 gallon fermentor and currently want to expand from extract brewing to AG. Here are my questions
1. what size batches could I produce in a 5 gallon fermentor?
2. How would...