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Yeah, I've got that going. That only works up to 100% humidity, though--this guy is in a little side closet and in this weather (June in a tiny NY apartment) I couldn't even manage to get it down below 72 with a fan and t-shirt. Ice is required.

Let's talk about cooling strategies. I've got my carboy in a plastic tub of water, but the ambient temperature of the apartment is high enough that it gets to around 76 (tub temp) if I'm not careful, and 70 overnight if I've put some ice in the tub. I can keep it at 62-66 (the temp I want) if I...

I didn't actually measure the FG of my beer until I had already added the priming sugar--it had been four weeks, so I'm not all that concerned about bombs. The FG reading post-priming was 1.010 (Rogue Pacman yeast is pretty thorough). What would my pre-priming FG be? Basically the same? I added...

Has anyone tried using a KitchenAid (or any other stand-up mixer) to make a yeast starter? If I sanitize the bowl and the whisk attachment, could I just whisk the yeast with the starter wort for while and pitch? How long do you generally stir the starter for? Currently making pizza with a...

Thanks! I did move them straight to the fridge, and opened one today. They all seem carbonated, but at the normal level--nowhere near a bomb, or even anything resembling a gusher. Probably just the one bottle, then. Since they're carbonated, I'm just leaving them in the fridge for another week...

Yeah, I've got even more info, partly for the help and also because I hope it'll help others. Most bottle bomb threads are on the beginners thread from people who don't read directions well. The bottle looks like it exploded through from the side facing upward--the bottom chunk of the bottle is...

Yeah, I brewed something pretty close to a Saison with the Wyeast Belgian Specialty private reserve. Same deal, where I bottled at 1.010 after about 3 1/2 weeks. I ended up with a bomb, though (there's another thread about this). Haven't ever had a bomb in 1 1/2 years of brewing, so it's a huge...

Long time reader, first time poster. I just opened my fermentation closet this evening and one of the bottles had seemingly exploded. I didn't actually see/hear it, but there's shattered bottle glass all over the place, so I'm worried. Basically, today was a record high (90 degrees in New...