Recent content by Roymathieu

Hey guys, I've been brewing since March 2016 and have been told since the start the I could do my primary fermentation in my bucket with a loose lid. I know that this is OK and even though I also sometimes do my whole fermentation in a carboy with airlock...I do like the bucket. I was...

To be honest, it will be the last time. When I bought my stuff to start making beer, the guy said : You do the primary in the bucket and you leave the lid on top without completly sealing it. The beer will be protected by the fermentation process. When you are close to the end of active...

Ok so it is not true what I've heard that you need to transfer from a bucket with a lid not sealed when fermentation starts to slow down? My next ales will only be in a carboy primary but can't imagine that transferring to secondary will make your beer fail everytime...it was the norm before...

I guys, I' m pretty new at brewing (second batch and first was a fail). I just racked an IPA to secondary after a full 4 days of primary in a bucket with the lid simply over it but not sealed. I made the transfer cause the krausen had started falling down pretty much and I had been told...