Recent content by jimhall01

That's what I did, too, but I found that it was losing yeast through the blow off which sort of defeats what I am trying to accomplish. I think I just have to keep it below 1500ml.

The most recent one was the first one I did with a stir plate. I could get a bigger flask. What's fermcap?

I have brewed a few higher gravity beers now. I only have a 2,000L flask. So, I sometimes have to step them up another time. On the second starter they foam over and blow off the sponge. It looks like I'm losing a decent amount of yeast here. Now I don't know if I really grew my intended amount...

What I've been told is if you wait until the secondary (after fermentation has stopped) then you're going to get a lot more flavor. But if you add it when fermentation slows (usually day 2 or 3) then fermentation will pick back up and eat some sugars and the flavor will be subtle. I did the...

I added 3 lbs of cherry puree to my Porter on the 2nd day of fermentation (when it slowed). How many gravity points should I add when calculating my ABV?