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blowoff tube cleaning gadget

I had a good bit of blowoff on my current batch, and the crud dried in the blowoff tube. No amount of sanitizing was getting out the crud, so I came up with a little gadget to get at the inside of the tube. Materials include: a nut, strong twine (definitely do NOT want it to break off inside...

Update, FYI. I had lost a good amount of volume by the time I moved to secondary. I had room to dry hop, plus room to spare. Even if I had gotten closer to 5 gallons, it probably would have been ok because the beer is very calm now (despite its wild adolescent period), and it's not likely to...

Get another sample and retake the readings. Temperature can be a huge factor.

Funny, that's what I said. Out loud. To myself. I do understand the argument in favor of the small carboy, in that less headspace is safest, but I was still having reservations about how far I could push it (i.e., fill her to the top?). I guess I have two options: (1) keep the small-ish...

Hola all, I am not brand new to homebrewing, but I am in the middle of brewing my first batch at my own home, unsupervised. He's all growns up. I've found this board helpful, so I wanted to bring my question here. I was given a kit for Xmas, and it came with a 5-gallon carboy for...