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I brewed on 6/14. I have been in secondary since the night of 6/23 after everything settled down and had a consistent fg. The recipe I followed says to let it condition in secondary for 5-14 days, I am at 7 now, what will I gain by keeping it in there longer? I want to bottle this stuff and...

Unless you throw a blowoff tube on there. I was ready to brew and primary ferment in plastic and use a glass carboy for secondary. My buddy offered to give me an extra 5 gallon carboy and rather then buy a 6.5 gallon I used the 5 gallon I had for primary with a blow off and then the 5 gallon I...

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I have been in secondary for 5 days now. I see some white "floaters" on top, anything to worry about?

Isn't a blowoff tube just an exaggerated airlock anyways? I mean you have a sealed tube going into a gallon jug of whatever liquid, no air is getting in there. I have only brewed once but I think I will always use this blow off set up for primary and then use a regular airlock for secondary...

I fermented in a 5 gallon glass carboy with a blow off tube. Seemed to work fine. A buddy gave me another 5 gallon for secondary. I was going to buy a 6.5 for my next primary but the blow off tube worked great so I will probably save the $$$.

Thanks, I read through most of that thread last night. I am thinking I will let my buddy steer me towards secondary, I want him to be a resource as my brewing progresses so I am not going to discount his first suggestion (his past brews have been outstanding). Next batch I may try no secondary...

Going to go with secondary and skip the cold crashing. Just picked up some Citra for potential dry hopping depending on how my "sample" tastes/smells while racking to secondary, I hope that will play nice with my other hops, but I wish I could fast forward to drink this stuff already, maybe...

Thanks for the feedback. So a buddy I trust who has brewed a lot says why not go to secondary and I may get some more clarity, so I think I will. Two question for you guys. I use StarSan, when I sanitized the primary I didn't "fear the foam", tons of it came out. with secondary should...

Brewed my first batch this past weekend, it is now sitting in a glass carboy with a blowoff tube. Still pretty active. I am looking for some feedback on moving to a secondary (I know kind of like Mary Ann or Ginger) and dry hopping. Here is the recipe I used for reference: 5 Gallon batch...