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It's been fermenting for 7 days at 65/66. I'd say most of the fermentation has passed, the top is caked with residue and though I can't see it, the krausen might have fallen in by now. Safe to put an airlock on it right?

This is all very reassuring. Made a scotch ale and don't want to lose it this time. It's been about 7 days so I think I can take this blow off tube and replace it with an airlock.

Awhile ago I made a coffee porter and during primary, the airlock blew straight off, even using a 6.5 gallon carboy. Gunk everywhere. I learned my lesson from then on that I should use a blow off tube most of the time. Better safe than sorry. My question though is regarding the set up of a...

The first recipe was an extract rye stout with only 1 oz of Warrior hops. The scotch ale is an extract with 2 oz of First Gold. Both 60 minute boils. Unionrdr, that's perfectly reasonable. I should really convert to a burner, maybe someday. Thanks for the answers. Reassuring for sure.

I brewed a beer back in February that turned out to be pretty bad. One main concern was that I forgot to sanitize the primary so eventually I could smell a very off putting smell that I can only attribute to contamination. Another thing that makes me worried is concerning hop boiling. That...