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@Dgallo So obviously FV on right. I use a single gas post for CO2 out during fermentation and then during transfer run the beer out of the spigot. I will top up with CO2 via those mini canisters to keep pressure positive. As I mentioned I took gas post off today thinking it might be the...

@Dgallo I’m on day three of fermentation and it has moved zero star san/cold crash bag is still deflated. Fermentation seems just past peak now. Everything looks ok and I’ve rechecked numerous times. The FV is full so can’t turn it over unfortunately. @IrondaleBrewing I noticed that as well...

I’m having some leak problems that I’m having trouble pinning down. For those that experienced cracks in the lid, where are they and have they ever been hairline? I have checked everything numerous times with no luck, even switched out my gas post for the grommet that came with my Cold crash...

I’m in VA too, north western ish part. Honestly I was getting their CA orders about as fast as the PA due to PA consistently taking longer to get things shipped. In my experience they have been very customer oriented so if I’m ordering online I’ll still go through them. I have a LHBS about...

Just a vigorous fermentation. If you have the stuff to do it switch to a blow off. Otherwise just do what you can to keep things clean which it looks like you already are. I have had this happen to meads and beers that turned out just fine.

I started my first cold crash with this, starting pressure was at 9psi. It dropped to 5psi after 24hrs so I brought it back to 8psi just to be safe. Two days later it’s at about 3.5 psi. I understand solution will absorb the co2 in there and drop pressure, but do I generally need to keep adding...

I did a clone of Timothy Taylor’s landlord Pale Ale that came out really well. Nice simple grain bill and uses WY1469 which I had on hand. Never had the original but I really liked it and it was well received by others. I subbed hops for what I had on hand. 1.048 OG 99% Maris Otter 1% Black...

I’d still say a 2L starter for that OG and batch size it pretty hefty. Combine that with the juice and I’m not terribly surprised it ran through it so quickly. I believe WLP565 is one that sometimes will get stuck in the 1.030 range but clearly you didn’t have that problem. I attribute that to...

As others have said the style is broad. Personally I like 75/25 pils:wheat, all Saaz or Fuggle/Styrian Golding mix for 30ibu. A tsp of black pepper at flameout is nice. In the past I have largely used the French saison strain fermented in the 60’s, but recently tried Omegas Saisonstein which I...

Thanks all! The keg is now holding pressure so I believe whatever gunk was up in there got blown out. As recommended I am going to change out the valves just to be safe. If it really came to it my last resort would have been to either transfer or change the lid out real quick.

I experienced my first major CO2 leak issue on a Timothy Taylor Landlord clone this past week. Transferred and setup the keg to burst carb at desired PSI, came back a few hours later to an empty CO2 tank. Life got in the way and took me a week to get it refilled(I live in the country and it’s...

Another win for this fixing my Saison! I gave it a total of five bursts and it is pouring great now(it was bad and I use faucet adapters). Will pour another this evening might give it one more depending on how it looks. I did forget to vent after sampling and got a little beer in my gas line...

I’ve only used it in Randy Mosher’s oatmeal cookie ale. Like the OP I have searched around about it but have not found much, which is possibly a clue? That said I like this beer so far and will try it again. To me it is landing somewhere between Munich and MO. The dextrins are definitely...

Not quite OP but still I think relevant to discussion in re water permeability to oxygen. I do the FV connected to keg full of starsan to purge thing. I saw blowoff coming so took that line off keg and dropped it into bucket with water. From point above are you saying it could begin to absorb O2...

In re the cold crash/suckback questions. I have the space(usually) to put both my Fermonster and the attached keg in a fridge. Has anyone tried using that keg in the same way as some use the balloons full of CO2? I would disconnect the liquid out post. Figure fermonster would be ok it’s the keg...

I suspect I know what folks response will be but I’ll ask anyway. Been using this method with great sucess(borat voice), managing to avoid blowoffs even with high gravity raw ales fermented with kviek. Alas what got me was a brown ale with WY Yorkshire, and now I even have the blowoff going...

That makes sense. Anecdotally have heard the same when trying to do IBU on big beers that will be aging a while.

Brewed my first raw ale today, Kornol. Made a juniper infusion too, my kitchen smelled like a Christmas tree. Could definitely pick up the juniper in the sample I’m excited to see how it turns out.

I agree with @CKuhns. Also recommend checking out denard brewings page, he makes starters in a number of his recipes. https://denardbrewing.com/ On the flip side I just bottled a mead on Sunday that I used Lutra slurry from a pseudo lager. Tastes good and actually over attenuated from what I...

My primary reasoning is I prime my kegs naturally, just wondering how much I need to cool the solution down(boil water add sugar etc). For me this is going into a co2 purged keg then I’d transfer beer on top. I think there are some prior posts where people referenced injecting hot gelato...