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Very generally speaking... when is it safe to remove the blowoff tube and replace with an airlock? Just after the kraussen settles?

Anyone do a primary fermentation in a 5gal carboy? Obviously a blowoff tube will be used, but I'm just wondering if people do it. thanks!

Hi gang... Just finished cleaning up from brew day no. 3. Made a William's Brewing Honey Wheat kit. Unfortunately the most details come from the web site kit description and theres only codes on the ingredients when you get the kit instead of hop type, etc. Ok.. so before I ask my...

Hi gang... my third brew day will be this saturday... using my first liquid yeast and first starter for this batch. I smacked my pack yesterday (Tuesday) and am waiting for it to swell... I got the 2000ml flask from AHS and the starter kit that came with it is for like 750ml which doesnt...

Ok... I got 2 recipe kits and one blowoff tube yesterday and a 6.5g and a 5g carboy. I would really like to do both kits at the same time (a honey wheat and a porter). Question: which recipe would be advisable to put in the 6 with an airlock and which to put in the 5g with the blowoff...

it's called Summer Solstice Summer Ale... 4 weeks after bottling and sooooooo good... I am so hooked and addicted now... So pleased as it is my very first batch! Thank you to everybody's tips that made this a successful first batch... I didn't fear the foam! :)

Ok.. not a question on HOW to make a starter... but for people who are new to brewing like me (about to brew my third batch.. first with a starter) where do get the 1/4 cup of DME to make the starter? Silly question I know, but if you dont have a LHBS close enough... can you simply take the...

Quick question about the retention of StarSan... from reading I understand that you can keep a bucket of StarSan solution (which I did from my last brew day) and that it is good as long as it retains it's clarity (which I think it is)... My question is bubbles... obviously it wont keep it's...

I'm looking all over the place for a specific explanation as to what is going on with my beer besides the fact that it's fermenting like crazy. I brewed/pitched on Sunday and fermentation started in less than 12 hours. In day two now and I checked on it before I left for work and YOWZA...

Great weekend... besides the weather, I bottled my first batch crafted by my own hand. The DME recipe was from my LHBS called Summer Solstice Light Ale. I got my bottle of StarSan in on Friday afternoon which made things VERY easy as far as the cleaning/sanitizing of the bottles went. The...

So... for equipment I got everything I need for extract brewing... 2 carboys (6g & 5.5g), bottling bucket, autosiphon, brushes, hoses, funnel, 2 stoppers/airlocks, yada yada yada. I have a summer ale in the 6g fermenter now. It is going to be bottled this weekend. My question... the...

Well... I'm totally be a newb, but that's typical for a first batch I guess. I'm on day 6 of primary fermentation with a DME light ale. It was used with dry yeast (sorry for the lack of specifics, I'm at work). Kraussen developed pretty quickly, but my airlock was not 'going nuts' like a...

Hiya... I'm going to be breaking out my auto siphon for the first time. Anyone have some helpful advice as to how to ensure that all parts of the siphon are sanitized? I will be using StarSan. I'm just concerned about the inside of the main tube vs. the racking cane, etc. Many thanks!

I have been searching and searching so I didn't have to beat a dead horse in a new thread, but of the hundreds of educated responses regarding leaving the primary alone for 2-3 weeks instead of racking to a secondary... Does the clarity become comparable in the primary at 2-3 weeks as it...

Hi gang... I'm brand new to brewing. I was first turned in college as I took a very small part in assisting some good friends brew a blueberry lambic then recently brewed a batch of brown ale with a friend. That really gave me the bug and this past weekend I visited my LHBS and got...

So, I'm reading between the lines here, but if you have a bucket filled with water and Starsan, you can dip equipment, bottles, etc and immediately use them???

Bear with me... I'm brand new to the scene :) So I brewed a batch of brown ale with my buddy about two months ago and some of our bottles ended up being contaminated. Three days ago I got a full kit and started my own batch and things are looking good so far. The only thing I have as...