jaydog2314
Well-Known Member
My first all grain brew and all kinds of problems started off with equipment issues due to borrowing a friends turkey fryer turn into super low efficiency at about 50 percent. Then I broke my hydrometer while cleaning it before taking my starting gravity and yesterday was Easter so I didn't get the chance to watch my brew to see how is fermenting and by time I came home with the family I was so tired I forgot to check it. I go down first thing this morning and of course I had a blow off so I clean and sanitize a hose real quick got that back in running into sanitizer solution and thankfully it started bubbling right away I'm just hoping all is still ok. I guess the fermcap didn't keep the krausen down enough. There have been other little irritating issues. I'm tying to relax and enjoy a home brew. I'm trying another AG brew tomorrow so I'm hoping to learn from my mistakes and make that batch better. Going to be doing lots of reading on efficiency and i think since the next batch is a bigger beer ill definitely use a blow off hose from the get go. Just wanted to share!