Fermcap s-1

As any one ever uses this, any side effects? Good/bad?

No more boil overs. Good.

I run out sometimes. Bad.

i managed to get 9+ gallons to a boil in a 10 gallon pot, thanks to fermcap S. it did boil over slightly when i dumped the bittering hops in though. if i had poured them in more slowly im sure it would have been fine.

tdogg said:

i managed to get 9+ gallons to a boil in a 10 gallon pot, thanks to fermcap S. it did boil over slightly when i dumped the bittering hops in though. if i had poured them in more slowly im sure it would have been fine.

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I kill the burner right as I dump the hops. I find that the bubbles from the boil are excited by the hops. They sort of foam for a few seconds. I stir them in real quick and light it back. It's off boil maybe 20 seconds, but it helps a lot.

It's pretty awesome stuff. I don't use them much anymore for main boils but they are a godsend for making starters in a flask.

i use it in my primary every batch and haven't had any blow off fermentations in forever!

I can't find this stuff in Australia . Weird

There are anti-flatulence medicines that have the active ingredient which is Dimethylpolysiloxane, some people have experimented and found these also work similarly.

rockfish42 said:

There are anti-flatulence medicines that have the active ingredient which is Dimethylpolysiloxane, some people have experimented and found these also work similarly.

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The medicines with simethecone work similarly like you say (i.e., Gas-X, which I've used) but are not priced similarly . The medicines are FDA cleared and, thus, far more expensive. This was my experience.

All the time. Drawbacks?? Not having boilovers or to clean beer off my ceiling.

passedpawn said:

No more boil overs. Good.

I run out sometimes. Bad.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZELQkQq05fE

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great vid! i usually use just a couple drops though.