wanabeer
Active Member
I am in the market for a new carboy since I lost one to stupidity (thermal shock). I was wondering what people thought about the method of primary fermentation using a five gallon carboy for a five gallon batch. Charlie Papazian suggests this to try in his book "The Complete Joy of Homebrewing"
The theory is that you'll sacrifice some volume for better quality beer because you will blow off tannins and such. I have a blow-off tube so that won't be a problem.
It would seem like there would be some yeast lost with this method, though. Any thoughts? Should I repace my 6.5 gal. or get another 5 gal. variety?
The theory is that you'll sacrifice some volume for better quality beer because you will blow off tannins and such. I have a blow-off tube so that won't be a problem.
It would seem like there would be some yeast lost with this method, though. Any thoughts? Should I repace my 6.5 gal. or get another 5 gal. variety?