Recent content by Mike McClain

Take a look at the Northern Brewer five gallon plastic Big Mouth Bubbler with spigot. Easy to clean, carry and transfer beer to the bottling bucket, and safer to use than glass. Just be sure to use something like a 5 lb weight to hold the lid down during fermentation. Gas pressure can...

That would be great! Thanks for the opportunity!!!

Thanks for the replies. OG was 1.063 and FG was 1.014. The instructions did not provide a target FG but all the Krausen had precipitated (surface was clean) and airlock bubbling had slowed to about 1/minute. I obviously should have waited another day or so to take another hydrometer reading...

Sorry for the duplicate pic. Not sure how that happened.

I have a five gallon batch of a black IPA (recipe kit) in a five gallon plastic big mouth bubbler. Per the recipe instructions I added hop pellets from the kit about a week after transferring to the secondary. Unfortunately a frothy hop slurry is just floating on the top and has not settled...

I use a round 5lb barbell weight that I got at Dick's. Air lock fits up through the center of the weight and the weight holds down the lid perfectly. Easy to put on and take off.