sorry for the noob question, will it suddenly infect? as in if i keg it and i try it after 2 weeks and its drinkable, would it contaminate then? i guess what i'm trying to say is if the contamination process is long or not
it was on the same level as the carboy. as for the gallon of water, i just added it to the jug, didn't think much of it at the time to be honest. the hose is lose and i wanted to make sure its as deep as possible
ok, so here is a quick summary.
i brewed a 5G batch, the ingredient is as follows (6lbs of golden briess, 1.5 oz of Saaz hops, and T58 yeast). very basic setup.
my carboy is a PET plastic, i put in the airlock but to avoid spillover, i connected the airlock to a hose that's connected to a small...
hi there, I usually start with a 3G boiling size and then after the 60min or 90min it goes down to about 2G or more. I then top it with water to go back to 5G and pitch the yeast. this time my starting boil went to 1.5G or a bit lower. i continued adding water to make it 5G but now i wonder if...