comicsandbeer83
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I'm about to do a 5 gallon batch and my carboy I plan to use is also 5 gallons. The style is a northern English brown ale and the abv should turn out to be around 5.2%. My question is do you think I can get away with using a normal air lock or should I do a blow off hose? I wasn't sure since it's not a high gravity beer so maybe the attenuation of the yeast won't go so crazy perhaps? What are everyone's experiences with this? I have used 6.5 gallon car boys and the krausen never even comes close to the top on that. Even at peak fermentation.