Recent content by timsch

Yeah, it's been about a week now. Activity has slowed based on the thickness of the krausen. I did remove the cap last night to put lube on the seal. I also snugged up the plastic posts a bit. This morning the pressure had risen from atmospheric to now ~ 7-8 psi, so that's an improvement...

It looks like they have a plastic tapered ring that is supposed to seal on the cap. IIRC, someone put garden hose connection gaskets to seal. Anybody tried anything like that? I have a few assortment kits of orings that I will look into.

All true. I observed the krausen longer just now and there is bubbling seen there, so definitely still active with a gas leak somewhere. The articles I've read on pressure fermenting don't go into specifics for temperature. I read that one benefit to pressure fermenting is it can be done at a...

I'm fermenting a batch of Oktoberfest in my new Fermzilla All-Rounder. I pitched a WLP 820 3L starter on Saturday. Fermentation kicked off within 12 hours it appeared. I've got the pressure kit on it and was holding pressure ~ 12 psi for a couple of days with temperature kept ~60F. Krausen...

So, does this damage the yeast? Would there be a difference in beer quality using a flogged starter? I've generally based the time off of when the foam/krausen on top reduces, thinking that if it's still there, it's still active. What are the ramifications of a greater ratio? I made my 1st...

Definitely not pitching all that spent DME. I'd hate tossing good yeast, but if it were only 10%, I'd do it. I have no idea about that, though.

Definitely not semi solid, but somewhat of a very thin gelatinous liquid it appears. Hard to describe, but the hazier region had a whispy quality to it at the top when it mixed with the clearer liquid above it after I tilted the jar back and forth. It's a WLP820 starter. I had it on the...

I've got a 3L starter for an Oktoberfest (yeah, I know, a bit late for the season) that was on the stir plate for 4 days, and has been in the fridge for another 4 days. I want to decant most of the liquid off, but I'm thrown off by how cloudy it still looks. I don't want to pour off any of the...

Your recommendations are much appreciated. Rebuild kits and additional springs will be on order.

I've got a force carbed Corny keg setup with Perlick faucets that I've been using for maybe 8 years. Over the last year I've developed a leak from one of the faucets that will result in filling the drip tray full enough to make it fall and winding up with about a quart of beer on the ground by...

Interesting. If so, I hope they get along together, and if not, I hope the best one wins.

Here's a picture of a starter for I made about a week ago from some frozen vials I had harvested from some unfiltered IPAS a while back. It fermented for at least 3 days at ~75F, and then I put it into the fridge, leaving the magnet in it to break up the yeast cake before pitching. When I...

Thanks Bobby. I'd done pretty much everything you said to the T this brew session. Since the problem, I've reduced the length of the tubing by 4-1/4" (yeah, way too long). I also added a screen at the end of the tubing, which replaced a 6 gram weight I had on it. I'd be ecstatic about a...

I finally got around to experimenting with a magnet outside of the Fermonster, and while it did attract the float, it was not strong enough to lift the float along with the screen & tubing out of the liquid (didn't even get the float fully out). I'm not sure what magnet type it was, but it was...

Thanks - That's a great idea, yours or not. I could also use it to hold the float at the very top to keep it out of the krausen during fermentation.