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I pitched at 70, but it may have fermented at a similar temp. The house thermostats are set set at 68, but fermenting took place in the room with tje fish tank which usually runs a few degrees warmer.

I made the oktoberfest kit from midwest, but used S-04 yeast due to the lack of fridge space for lagering. Today I cracked my first bottle and found that it had the slightest banana esters...more of an aroma than actual taste. Will this diminish over time, or is it permanent? It doesn't make...

My wife would not be amused in the least. I had these problems with a 6.5g bucket with 1/2" I.D.tubing for the blow off. I'm afraid to use a larger fermenter because I picture too much headspace giving me other problems. Hopefully it turns out alright in the end!

Sorry, no pics. I already cleaned up before typing this... SWMBO will be home soon and I'd be in deep ____ if she saw the mess! Should I use a couple bar clamps to hold the lid on this time or place some weight on the lid to prevent another mess?

I have an Imperial Stout in primary and the lid just blew off my fermenting bucket. I had a blow off tube run into a bottle of sanitizer, but apparently it still wasn't enough. Pretty much all of the krausen blew out of the bucket onto the cieling and I was wondering how this is going to...

A blackberry porter is next on my list as well. I'm making a 5 gallon batch of the midwest porter extract kit and I'll be splitting it into two 2.5g batches. One will be racked on top of a blackberry puree in secondary and the other half will have blackberry extract added at bottling. I made...

I wanted to try to make some Oktoberfest, but unforutnately I don't have access to a fridge for lagering. I also don't have a basement (have a damp crawlspace), so saving it for a winter project is out as well. I know that I could make a swamp cooler to achieve lagering temps, but with my work...

Glad to hear! Thanks for the replies. This was my first IPA and I never came across this before, so I was a bit concerned.

Today I went to move my Midwest ferocious IPA to secondary for dry hopping and came accross a bubbly mess on the surface. It's been in primary for 8 days and I suspect that it's an infection, but was wondering if the krausen on an IPA might do this due to the amount of hops? Any advice would...