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That's not to bad, should buy extra since i'm going to lose more.

It was going to be a mango hefe but I agree I think this could be interesting. I think I'll leave it, not sure how long in primary or secondary but i'm going to stick it in a closet for a few months.

Similar to American Ale II in my opinion. Used it before without the results you've had.

I know!? Like WTF? You would have thought i was baking sour dough in there. I think i should leave this one, it seems just to crazy.

Lost a magnet in the drain, it somehow came apart in the trap, not sure how but i dump some pretty hot water down that drain. Wasted 10 bucks, why are they 10 bucks? Gees.

1 to 1.5 min with pure oxygen through a airation stone thats been boiled.

I say throw caution to the wind and wait till she blows, f the police... and your jackets. Kidding of course, i agree with everyone else, release it gently, install blow off. Blew a Raspberry Pale Ale all over my hall in the middle of the night once, not pretty, did you ever see Chainsaw...

Yea it smells quite sour and is starting to smell up the room. I have extra fermenters so i wont be down anything to leave it i suppose. Heres what shes looking like. I've seen worse looking fermentations, i'm surprised how well this one took off, i've had slower starts when ive actually pitched...

Brewed a Hefe late saturday, finished at 10:30pm, and didnt have my starter quite ready. I left it all day sunday and figured i'd pitch this morning but its already fermenting. The beer smells sour which is definitely bad, but i did santize well. I question if when i cooled my wort outside i...

There's no real need for it, as long as the wire is rated for the amp load of the breaker.

WLP820, started at 54f but after 3 days of no activity raised to 60f for a few days then dropped back to 54f. OG was 1.05. Theres still some activity, bubble every min or so I would guess. Just didn't know if I should leave it at 60f until I hit FG or to drop back down to 54f.

I way under pitched a Marzen and had slow start for fermentation, actually had to raise them temp to get it to kick off. Its been sitting for about a month since then, just did a 48 hours diacetyl rest, was going to transfer to a secondary today but checked SG first and it was still 1.026...

Anyone mix polyclar in primary then diacetyl rest for 3 days then rack to secondary or should I wait till the end of the secondary before kegging?

Agree it could be a bad lid seal so opening it up and taking a reading is the only way to know for sure. I under pitched a couple weekends ago, took 4-5 days to "see" activity. I also hate buckets since you can't see whats going on and your dependent on the airlock for a visual sign without...

Sounds good, i'll keep the honey at flame out, going to ditch the oak chips i think, going to do a bit more reading. As for the hops, that was in the recipe but for myself, i was thinking 2 weeks in the secondary.

I was going to make my first IPA and was going to use a recipe on Beersmith but was wondering about the addition of honey and oak chips in the recipe. Is it best to add the honey during the boil or after? i'm not sure how much honey flavor i would like in an IPA and have read that after the boil...

Thanks for the help! I have to read more on starters and just ordered some gear to help!

I swirled them both yesterday for a good couple of minutes and got some airlock activity today. Going to raise the temp regardless for a couple days then drop it back down as suggested. Does doing this cause any off flavours or should a good diacetyl rest before the secondary help?

Yea i'm learning to not pay attention to the kits instructions

I took some SG readings, not much has changed. The Marzen had maybe changed from the OG of 1.05 to about 1.049, hard to tell. The Pils is about the same, OG 1.042 is now maybe 1.040 but again when its that close its hard for me to tell if its actually changed. No krausen no air lock activity...