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I topped it off to 5 gallons. When i racked it to secondary there was about two inches of slurry in the bottom of the fermenter. I used a blow off tube ending in a bucket of sanitizer that was perfectly clear when i removed it. This is why i am so perplexed.

Thanks much!

The instructions with my partial mash kit advised one week in primary then one month in secondary. I left it in a second week, but it seems like I should have left it in longer. I was afraid that if I didn't get it off the trub as quickly as possible that it would impart off flavors. The trub...

Oops. Sorry about the horrible attempt at simple math. Its been a very long day. I think I'm just in shock from seeing the void at the top of my carboy. I'm attaching a picture of what I'm left with in a 5 gallon better bottle carboy. I used an ale pale for primary with a satellite fermentation...

That makes sense, but I lost over half of my volume. Even if I include the trub in the bottom of my fermenter I still have only around 3.5 gallons total. That just seems abnormal. Is there anything else you can think of that may have compounded the loss?

Hello all. I am new to the forum and have a question about fermentation. I recently took another stab at barley wine, my white whale. First time it clogged the airlock and repainted my closet a lovely shade of deep amber. This time I came prepared with a blow-off setup. It entered primary at 5...