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I have do that with a only a blow off tube and with a fitting that has both a air lock and a blow off tube and still end up a big mess in the pan and the out of the airlock leaking all over the caroboy , never any issues with the beer just hat the mess. thanks

I was given a 6 pack smutty nose brewing Finestkind iPA over Xmas and found this beer to be very good and different. So I looked it up and it uses 2 of the hops you were looking to use. I too was looking to come up with something piney with a bit of citrus so I have a plan to use the simcoe...

After nurmous attempts to prevent the fermentation from exploding out of my carboys and buckets, the worst one was in my closet and the bung came out and splattered all over my dress cloths, ties and the ceiling, i am trying something new. my last brew this week instead of the 6 gallon carboy I...

tried to find answer it past post. When you use a stir plate do you take the yeast off the plate and let if settle or do you just go and pitch right away.:mug:

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thoughts on how I store it

As going to brew but can't how can I save my yeast starter and how long?

I had a extract irish red receipe in extract that turned out really good but so thought I would try it in all grian. Original one had munich 60 L and I in my morning stupor bouth caramel 60L. What do you think will be most noticable difference if I dont' go back to the store? basic ind.5...

Thanks was at about 67 68. Turned my controlled unit down to 65 after looking at the Wyeast chart profile

ok, use mostly plastic 6 gallon carboys and have tried different set ups air locks and blow offs a air lock with 2nd blow off. use a stir plate so i have lotsa yeast. have a brown ale with a wyeast 1056 and it is going crazy and I am having to change the bowl with the blow off tube 3...

Ok so Saturday I attempted an all grain Oktoberfest which ended with a low og (still working this out on another thread) and also made a pale ale extract all before and during the Michigan/Alabama foot ball game. Since I am a Michigan fan I was happy to have the brew to distract me from such a...

I have a false bottom and for the most part this system has worked in the past on 4 other attempts. could too much strike water make a diffference. BS called for 13.5 gallons on 10 lbs grains. my other all grain bills were around 12 and 12.5 lbs of grains but those were 1.060 og which i hit. I...

hibbing is my i phone type. was suppose to be bubbling. I think it is good was able to move it to a stir plate today and 1 litre flask with foil on top look good I am going to pitch in the moring.

I was thinking the same thing. I have a plastic tube with wrapped in a coil with small pin holes. I need to run a test and see if I am losing to much heat. Maybe i looked at wrong as well but all good info. Thanks

Only my third starter but I made about 1 liter of wort cooled to about 80 Had smacked the pack a couple hours before and pitched it Used a grower so it was about half full and put a airlock on it after about 18 hrs it was Hibbing but no krausen and very little movement abou 1/4 inch cake on...

RN mn The crush could be a strong reason. I had the grains crushed at the place I bought them while they were crushing the own came over to help the new person and he said that someone keeps adjusting it and he needed to get calipers on it but didn't just got it unstuck and moved on. Then it...

Bill The 140 temp was the temp in the mash tun temp 40 minutes in to the fly sparge. Lid off and the water sprinkling in to the grains. The drop in the cool over the hour mash was. From 156 to 152

Oktoberfest for my 5th attempt at All grain method. targert pre boil OG was 1.042 actual 1.033 target OG was 1.052 end up 1.039 Equipment- 5 gallon igloo with fly sparge with coil hose and small holes inside 8 lbs vienna malt 1 lbs munich malt 1/2 lbs of 60l cystal 1/2 lb crystl 80 L...

Thanks to all that replied. I sanitized like crazy and gonna let it ride for 24 hours. all brewing and fermenting is done in my "shed"/office in which i installed a A/C unit so I have cranked it to 68 and will see how things work tomorrow.

How long can you let the wort sit before you pitch. brewing today but did not start my yeast til today? yeast starter about 6:30 will finish wort about 10 tonight. was going to pitch tomorrow