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One time I poured in my priming sugar into the carboy, then forgot I had done so and emptied it "one more time" to get out residual Iodophor. DOH! Stuff happens, hang in there OP>

I would doubt you would need 2 seed mats to heat your insulated freezer to low 60s. If you did, a power strip should work fine. I just took apart my Johnson A19 for the first time to make it heat, and am using one of the seed mats. That thing heated it up 10 deg pretty fast!

S-33 takes off like a jet though even though the landing could be a bit hard.

I've never added yeast at bottling. OP I am curious how "Belgian" this turns out. The S33 has been described as good for Belgian styles, but I think it may actually be a British yeast, the EDME strain? http://babblebelt.com/newboard/thread.html?th=1186742369&tid=1108752780

Sure, you could add a little cherry extract at bottling and even vary it a little then. A drop in one bottle, two drops in the next, etc. lol. Vanilla beans the real ones soaked in vanilla extract or vodka is pretty killa in a stout as well. Vanilla is kind of a flavor enhancer, low levels are...

The welds look great, that's why only three of them are leaking! The bad press a thread like this gets from a vendor not wanting to do the right thing and ship the guy a new tank must cost them more than shipping the guy a new tank.

Thanks for the info.

Maybe you need to reed the link I just posted. The heavy and late hops he added in addition to wheat etc. are a possible cause of the head retention concerns in OP last post.

Yes, I am referring to the possibility of siphoning off your carboy of beer down into the sanitizer, and not the other way around. This based on a full carboy and a vigorous ferment. The flow of krausen seems to go out away from a carboy. Not saying it's likely to happen, but I think it...

http://beersmith.com/blog/2008/06/25/enhancing-beer-head-retention-for-home-brewers/

I think I would push Stout to ship me a new tank, and send yours back. What is freight that much on these? Frankly, that bottom weld looks like a really crappy uneven, rough weld, let alone the leaky ones. Don't they warranty these tanks?

Seriously? Dude has 4 1/2 lbs. of head retaining grains in his recipe. He's already said he didn't have too much carbonation, just too much head. Over primed? Really?

That's wrong. Don't go giving OP the wrong info with your smiley. You always put the sanitizer a little above the brew level. After you suck down a whole carboy with krausen going down hill you may begin to understand the concept of siphon in this case.

There's a reason people started paying attention to sanitation. Getting lucky and avoiding an infected batch with poor habits wasn't one of them. In the Middle Ages they would fling their crap out onto the street because that's just what they did. The Black Plague, and all that.

That's a lot of other grains, all of which are contributing to your head retention. Not sure why you feel the need to add wheat, oats, and rye to your ipa. Other than the rye, I think I'd ditch the others completely, and up the pale. Maybe throw in 8 oz crystal, and even a smidge of Carafa II...

Be sure to put your sanitizer container above your fermenter. Otherwise it could start siphoning if you put the sanitizer on the ground for instance. OP do the right thing from now on for any ferment be sure to use a full sized blowoff tube. A while back I forgot that and put an airlock on a...

I would do 6 oz or so in 5 gallons of the Special B.

Not to worry. My important entry was an American Stout, scored 43, 43, and 44. No raisins in that one. Just a beautiful balance of malt and Amarillo and Cascade. Winner, front line. That US-05 does it again. This other bottle was a leftover from another batch. It was all I had left. Had...

Bottled both batches today with homemade candy syrup. FG 1.014 for both. 8% ABV. Smooth as hell.

At this late stage, no. Next time, don't add water, add some oats or a little chocolate wheat to your recipe. Then mash hotter, 156 F.