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As soon as I saw it I got it back down to 70F quickly, it's now at 66F and still on its way to 64F again. I guess there's another problem, if I like it I have no idea how to replicate it, lol.

I brewed a porter midday on August 6th which I've been keeping at 65F. I woke up today, August 8th, after forgetting to tend to it right before bed and the temperature was at 78F! It was bubbling like when you blow bubbles into your drink using a straw, very vigorous. I used a starter and a stir...

Thanks I'll listen later. I haven't checked here in a while because (knock on wood) my homebrew journey has stagnated at "consistently pretty good" and I'm not looking to dive further into any subjects right now. Hopped on and say the notification from this thread lol. I said I'll listen later...

I too love nukes, I foresee a lovely nuclear war in the near future, perhaps a few months. I just released my first full album, not as intense as a nuke, but I like it nonetheless.

This is how a lot of things go. I can't name anything I've started that didn't begin with some sort of magical beginner's luck, which was followed by a plague of problems that eased up over time. My most recent is Monarch butterfly rearing. It started out a little rough but soon after I was...

Is there any benefit to letting the temps rise after 7 days than say, 14 days? I believe I read something about... diacetyl cleanup? But I can't recall specifically, someone will be able to correct me if it's a thing. Anyway, how about letting the temps rise at 7 vs. 14 days, is there any...

Hello all, Haven't posted much because things have been going well. I just finished up an oatmeal stout roughly two weeks ago, in which I brewed some local coffee beans and mixed the coffee in. Waiting impatiently to taste it! F.G. was very low, it'll be very stout-y. Tasting sample was like...

uKeg looks really cool. There’s a gentleman on Etsy that makes very nice keezers, called Cajun Keezers. Around my town, there are ZERO reasonable, used deep freezers I’ve seen on CL, offer up or letgo. If they’re on there they’re over $500 with no warranty and much use. Cajun offers extremely...

That’s true. No matter my situation, I feel it’s almost inevitable that I will want to finally keg. If for no other reason than to perform closed transfers to minimize oxygen and get hoppy beers to glass faster so I can experiment more. I don’t mind dumping beer if I just feel like trying a new...

Currently I bottle, I do not drink everyday, and when I do drink, it's one or two beers max. With that said, I'm interested in the taste and quality benefits that might come with kegging closed from my Spike CF10 conical. I'm not interested in the time it'd save nor easy access to cold beer...

My first brew ever was the smoothest so far out of 7 batches. After the first, series of mistakes began popping up and turning beers into something I didn't expect. Right now I have an oatmeal stout in my new Spike conical and I do think it is my best yet and went pretty smooth overall. Going to...

seems as though there’s no more leak at least at the sight glass. I filled the CF10 with water multiple times and inspected it before brewing so I didn’t expect any issues but alas, if it can go wrong... Does the following video look like a slow fermentation? That’s all trub squeezed down into...

Here is a potential issue... My CF10 has a sight glass installed vertically near the bottom with the trub dump butterfly valve underneath. I've discovered a small leak from the sight glass... I tightened it with my hands as best I could but when I use the leverage from the trub dump it can still...

Yes, a little over 5 gallons is what I ended up with, there’s quite a bit of trub already visible in the sight glass with sparse wort, no sign of yeast. The temperature probe on my CF10 is in the spot where the sample valve usually is due to the half batch size. It’s definitely covered by wort.

Hello all, I just finished my second BIAB batch, an oatmeal stout I think went quite well. My OG was quite high compared to the highest efficiency stat from the recipe kit. Mine was about .03-.05 more than their highest efficiency listed of 1.050 at 75% efficiency. I did a starter with a...

If you'll notice LittleRiver's setup uses a dual pulley system. I only have one pulley as based on the picture in the first post here and in order to hoist the bag I can only pull down.

sorry, FG

you basically have my exact (planned) setup! Great to hear, very excited I can confidently not spend $900+ on a glycol chiller and be able to fix it as well:)

alright thanks, lots of nuances and options to this fermenter, I suspect it'll keep me satisfied for decades! don't plan on getting any kegs until they're going to be placed in a keezer

the absolute most ideal is I convince my family to let me pour cement right next to the garage on the side of the house and swoop, we have a uniform brew/fermentation area, at least it'll all be on the same connected ground. for now, this community has helped me problem solve plenty and I have...