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The inspiration for this goes to CSI's Westvleteren 12 thread and the explosive fermentation I had. I had 5.5 gallons in a 14 gallon conical and the krausen climbed all that head space and went into the blowoff jar. There was a half inch of yeast in the blowoff jar after high krausen...

Hello all. I brewed a Rochefort 10 clone on June 6th and the gravity appears to be stuck. My OG was 10 points low at 1.086, I had too much in the kettle pre boil. Still trying to nail down my numbers on the new system. The recipe is from Candi Syrup's website and I just doubled the recipe...

I have five better bottle fermenters. I also have better bottle stoppers, racking adapters, simple flow valves, dry tap airlocks, and hose adapters for all of them. After fermenting a batch of pale ale I disassembled the valve and racking port for cleaning only to discover that the racking port...

Hello everyone. Should I be worried about developing an infection through the sanitizer in the blowoff vessel? This is the second time I have brewed and left for several days right after I pitched. I brewed a Pliny the Elder Imperial IPA clone with a starting gravity 1.076. I made a blowoff tube...

Hello all. Just brewed my second batch today, mistakes were made but I think I saved it. I'm planning on dry hopping the beer and bottle carbonating. If I rack to a secondary after the yeast flocculate out, will I lose too much yeast to finish fermentation and carbonate in the bottle? Can I dry...