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I have yet to brew my first batch. Right now I'm gathering equipment and ingredients and setting up my brew space. If I were to employ a system that allows for vigorous blow-off, it would certainly be a closed system. The end of the blow-off hose would be submerged in sterile water. After the...

Thanks for the reply. I'm getting this info from two sources, one is a book, one is my own experience. The book: The New Complete Joy of Homebrewing by C. Parpazian, 2nd edition, p.27,136-137 Simply, ol' Charlie states that during this first stage of fermentation, it is important to blow...

Thanks for the replies, guys. I may use 5 gallon carboys for primary fermentation of lower SpG beers and 6-gallon carboys for higher SpG beers. I'd rather lose a beer or two in blow-off and have better beer because all of the floating nasties have exited the fermenter. As trub goes, I have to...

38 views and no replies...Really, if any of you have a reply to the blow-off question, I REALLY like to hear it. Thanks again.

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Wow. I hope Randel wasn't built for use with 5 gallon batches! That's... let's see... 20 gallons x volume of a gallon ÷ volume of a pound of hops x AA of hops x hopback AA constant = that's craaazy, man!

Excellent. That's exactly what I was looking for. Thanks for the reply. What exactly do you mean by randels?

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I'm not sure if this type of question is allowed, but I'm in a bit of a quandry here. I've cruised all over the web, visited over a dozen supply sites, but still haven't found a source that sells whole Liberty or Simcoe hops. I'd use pellets but the aforementioned hops are intended for a...

Hello good home brewers. This is my first post, and as a beginner it is only natural that this post contain questions about the art. I've read 7 books on the subject (Papazian, Burch, W. Mares, Jackson, more Papazian, Snyder and C.A. Kloss) and have a couple of concers that were not covered in...