Beer is good
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Do you guys usually let the krausen fall into the wort or do you let it blow off? The book said it has lots 'o stuff in it... do you differ with the style of brew?
Orpheus said:I use a 6.5 gallon carboy for my primary and I always attach a blow off tube just in case. I've never had to use it, but better safe than sorry.
I did come mighty close to making use of it last Tuesday with my Hefeweizen though! Man those Hefs are a violent beer! The yeast has that lovely scent of .
Pirate Ale said:Is that Hefe an AG of extract. I am lloking a good hefe fdor my next batch.
Evan! said:The only time I even got close to needing a blowoff tube was with a barleywine, which had an OG of 1.123...so those nottinghams had a lot to chew on.
Orpheus, I'll second that one... Been fermenting a wheat doppelbock for the past week, and my aging/fermentation room has smelled like ripe bananas...yum! What yeast did you use on your hefe? I'm using the Wyeast 3333, German Wheat. Cheers to those bastards, who have done a hell of a job! I cannot wait to taste it.
Funny, I do just the opposite. I'm always prepared for blow-off, but I replace the blow-off tube with an airlock when activity settles to a steady bubble every few seconds - or when I rack for clearing/conditioning.Beer Snob said:My primary is 6.5 gal. Sometimes though I still need a blow off tube. Depends on the situation really. Usually I put an airlock on till I have reason to do other wise.
Yuri_Rage said:Funny, I do just the opposite. I'm always prepared for blow-off, but I replace the blow-off tube with an airlock when activity settles to a steady bubble every few seconds - or when I rack for clearing/conditioning.
EdWort said:I use a 7.9 gallon bucket with a spigot for my 5.5 gallon batches. No blow off problems and I can rack a full 5 gallon Better Bottle carboy with leftover for a hyrometer check.
Beer Snob said:Hey I got one of them... I wanted another primary... just remembered of my visit the the LHBS today... the hell of it is getting the damm lid off. Just bought a lid remover they started ordering cause I suppose the problem is common Think my problem is solved
EdWort said:Cool. Let me know how it works. I may get one of those too. Those lids are tough on the fingers sometimes.
I like the 7.9 gallon size. Room for my 5.5 batch with loads of head room.
Beer is good said:I am speaking of intentionally using a 5 gallon carboy for the specific purpose of leaving no room for the krausen so it goes out the blowoff, I think many people didn't realize that is what I was asking...
Purposely remove krausen, or purposely allow it to fall back into the wort?