Recent content by tommyk421

With LME or other added fermentables you can get to 4.5Gal or above. You just need to add them at the boil stage and use some Fermcap to avoid foaming or boilover. I've done a 1.070 and above 4 Gal seasonal/split-test batches this way.

Seeing as OP preferred a dry yeast: I've just done two high gravity Belgians with Safale BE-256. Started bubbling within hours and got to FG (or below) within 4-5 days at 19degC http://www.fermentis.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/SafAle-BE-2563.pdf

In the HELP menu item, there's a handy "Continue Last Brew" command. So if you've drained, or paused, or otherwise adjusted the normal flow of things, that does a pretty good job of getting you back.

I don't run the chill cycle. I complete the brew ion the Z, disconnect my brewing keg with pre-boiled CornyPillar in it, take it to the sink and run the water through the CornyPillar. every so often (three or four times in 5 mins) I just give the keg a good shake which evens out the wort. In...