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  1. jacobev

    Do I need to rack to secondary for lagering (as opposed to keeping it on the yeast)?

    Okay! Point taken. I don't have the siphon & clean fermenter with me today, though. Any harm done in waiting til tomorrow? (ie, already been down to 40° for ~24 hours)?
  2. jacobev

    Do I need to rack to secondary for lagering (as opposed to keeping it on the yeast)?

    Why do you say that? What risk do I run by not doing it?
  3. jacobev

    Do I need to rack to secondary for lagering (as opposed to keeping it on the yeast)?

    Ok, so I'm making the "Molasses Marzen" from Calagione's Extreme Brewing. You can find the recipe about halfway down the page here, for reference. It's been fermenting in primary at 50° since I brewed in on July 5th (so just under a month). I diacetyl rested it at 60° from Tuesday evening...
  4. jacobev

    Lid leak in a swamp cooler!

    Also, starsan-soaked paper towel jammed into under the lip around where the leak is. Good idea/bad idea?
  5. jacobev

    Lid leak in a swamp cooler!

    Hey guys, I'm new here, so sorry if this subject has been beaten to death. I've found a bunch of posts about leaky lids (consensus: Leave it, it's fine), but nothing that explicitly mentioned this twist(?). So: Brewed a batch of West Coast Blaster (BCS) two days ago (Saturday). Never saw...
  6. jacobev

    My son created swamp water stout.

    So, how'd it turn out? I just bottled my first batch about three weeks ago. Upon opening the fermenter all the way for the first time (that is, when racking to the bottling bucket), I was careful to not spill any of the swamp cooler water from the top of my fermenter onto the floor in my...
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