JMSetzler
Well-Known Member
I'm in the process of making a video tutorial on basic malt extract homebrewing, so I made a 2.5 gallon batch of a simple recipe yesterday... 3 pounds of light dry malt extract and 1 ounce of centennial hops divided up throughout the brew.
Here's what 2.5 gallons looked like in my 3 gallon Better Bottle at the beginning:
Right at 24 hours later:
I never expected that vigorous of a fermentation. I suppose pitching a whole pack of Notty to 2.5 gallons of 1.056 wort may have been a little much? With that much head space in my fermenter, I would have never even thought twice about needing a blow-off tube. I did not rehydrate the yeast or make any kind of starter. I just dumped the packet in the wort and put the air lock on the bottle...
Here's what 2.5 gallons looked like in my 3 gallon Better Bottle at the beginning:
Right at 24 hours later:
I never expected that vigorous of a fermentation. I suppose pitching a whole pack of Notty to 2.5 gallons of 1.056 wort may have been a little much? With that much head space in my fermenter, I would have never even thought twice about needing a blow-off tube. I did not rehydrate the yeast or make any kind of starter. I just dumped the packet in the wort and put the air lock on the bottle...