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Ok... I just wanted to make sure there was no major mistake in the process... putting the spunding valve on right away at this temperature is okay in this case...? thank you :-)

Hi everyone, I'm getting a bit worried because I brewed what I want to be a lager yesterday, and it's been close to 16h since I pitched, and I see no signs of activity yet. I cooled down the wort to approx 21C, transferred to my fermenter, shook it well, then pitched the yeast. It's a lager...

Confirming that tape quantity and elbow grease can make it work!

Dealing with pressure, I'm sure we can't be "loose". This is how tight as I can get it, but doesn't look right. What's TC?

I have basically half a turn I'd like to change... How much more tape? Can it really have an effect? I'm not sure how it can affect the thread

That's not too bad ;-)

Hi everyone, If I tighten everything pretty well, this is how my spunding valve looks like... I've tried playing around, but can't seem to get it to "look" right. Is there a way to make it look "straight" or not? I can't find a way to make my gauge face up! Haha.

In regards to your natural carbonation, I meant. In this case do you use a spunding valve, and ferment in what kind of vessel?

Pressure fermenting the Dupont saison yeast then, with presence of the "wanted" esters?

There seems to be a consensus that fermenting under pressure does not make fermentation faster unless we bring the vessel to a higher temperature environment. Got it then, thank you

Hahaha. Esther, for sure! ;-) ( tbh I don't know this reference, but you made me laugh^^)

By raising the temp you'd mean to put it in some sort of hot chamber I assume? But indeed, saison needs its esthers...

Hi all, My beer has been fermenting for 1 week. No more blow-off tube activity "bubbles". OG was 1.050 and Just took gravity readings : 1.020 with the hydrometer. Next, it's a Saison yeast, so active at higher temp but it stays in a 22-23C environment, so it should be enough for it I believe...

Same, Went there! I think they're the cheapest in the area. Question, reliving the thread - For the local Vancouver brewers : Is there a place where you can trade/exchange a steel CO2 tank for an aluminum one?

Thanks Dunc

So you mean I could have left the keg closed without blowoff tube, and still be okay? Using a sounding valve at a low control (how much?) would reduce Krausen? So if you want to dry hop, you mean you already have your hops stuck on a magnet, but not in the wort, inside the fermenter? What If...

I like this idea. would be a bit more work obviously, and need more material,to fit my 30L+ of first runnings. Then basically batch sparge... I could definitely try this. Oh yeah. Big squeeze, I spend quite a bite of time after the sparge and until the boil arrives pressing the bag as much as...

Funny... I was looking also to see how much pressure could primary fermentation build, as I wanted to know also how much pressure could a keg tolerate. And I fell onto this post. I was starting to read about pressure fermenting today, spunding valve... Controlling pressure to be released for 15...

Makes sense Doug. i did not bother to express the volumes because I followed the exact same protocol as before. Strike water to start at mash-in was 30L. Mashed in at 71C and mash help a temperature around 64-65C. Added 3L during the mash. Sparged with 14L of hot water, fly sparged. I can...

Hey Everyone, I am re-opening this thread as I just did my 4th batch. And guess what? I'm still frustrated. I asked my grain supplier if I could get a double mill or a finer crush, but his answer was negative. We discussed it, and well, as knowledgeable as he may seem, he simply told me my...