BrookdaleBrew
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First explosion in 2 years of brewing. Fermcap, you have failed me and I will never trust you again.
How do you store your fermcap, it needs to be refrigerated. Maybe it's too old?
how do you guys rig a blowoff tube into a bucket lid? The hole in the lid of my bucket is not nearly large enough for the 1" diameter of the blowoff tube that came with my starter kit
I just checked on it and it was about to explode again even with the blow off tube in place. Looks like this one is going to ferment open until it calms down. Risky, I know, but I really don't want another mess to clean up.
Jesus. What the hell are you making, and what yeast?
I had one blowout, never again will I not use a blowoff tube. at least for the first couple of days
have fun cleaning up that sticky mess
This:
19.00 lb Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM)
1.00 lb Black Barley (Stout) (500.0 SRM)
1.00 lb Caramel/Crystal Malt - 80L (80.0 SRM)
1.00 lb Chocolate Malt (350.0 SRM)
1.00 lb Oats, Flaked (1.0 SRM)
1.00 lb Special B Malt (180.0 SRM)
1.00 lb Wheat Malt, Ger (2.0 SRM)
2.00 oz Magnum [14.40 %] (60 min)
1.00 oz Williamette [4.90 %] (15 min)
1.00 oz Williamette [4.90 %] (5 min)
And I'm fermenting with 3 packs of re-hydrated US-04.
Thats a bigger recipe than most of my 10g batches
This:
19.00 lb Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM)
1.00 lb Black Barley (Stout) (500.0 SRM)
1.00 lb Caramel/Crystal Malt - 80L (80.0 SRM)
1.00 lb Chocolate Malt (350.0 SRM)
1.00 lb Oats, Flaked (1.0 SRM)
1.00 lb Special B Malt (180.0 SRM)
1.00 lb Wheat Malt, Ger (2.0 SRM)
2.00 oz Magnum [14.40 %] (60 min)
1.00 oz Williamette [4.90 %] (15 min)
1.00 oz Williamette [4.90 %] (5 min)
And I'm fermenting with 3 packs of re-hydrated US-04.
i thought s-04 was a medium attenuative yeast (about 10%). If you started around 1.140, it might stall out around 1.060.
If you go above S-04's alcohol tolerance level, overpitching will not help.
Not sure of S-04's alcohol tolerance though.
+1
However, I think you meant something like 70% - 80% attenuation and not 10%
My efficiency drops a pretty good deal when mashing that much grain. OG was right around 1.100. I'm hoping it'll finish between 1.020 and 1.026. I don't think US-04 will have trouble doing that. I intentionally over pitched in an attempt to get the best attenuation possible.
25 lbs. Assuming 5 gallons, that's 20 points/lb. You left a lot of sugar in those grains. The yeast should get you down to 1.025, but I think S-04 does have a lower attenuation than other strains.
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