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I have made my modifications, and i think I am all set now. This batch is cold crashing for kegging on Saturday. Might brew another batch Saturday so I think I am all set. Basically cut the new lid to match the screw ring for the original system. Put some painters tape on the top to be able...

Correct, you can't smell the CO2 but the brewery smell sort of indicated that there was a lot of discharge and hopefully displaced a fair amount of oxygen in the ferementation chamber. I usually spray and wipe down the interior surfaces of the chamber with sanitizer before fermentation just in...

I will definitely be modifying one of my original lids, the new one, or both!!!!!!

I am definitely feeling better about it after racking to the secondary. Gravity was low so it definitely attenuated. Tasted pretty normal to me. Not a professional taster by any means but taste and smell registered as normal. I am sure that while vigorous fermentation was going there was no...

Thanks everyone! This really helps. This was my 52nd batch and never had anything like this happen. I put the lid back on, purged with CO2 and then immediately posted to get advice before doing anything. This is a pale ale with about 40 IBU so it does not have a lot of hop protection. Yes...

I brewed last weekend. Since I work in another city, I did not check on the fermenter until Friday night. The lid had opened up during fermentation exposing it to the air in my fermentation chamber (a freezer with a controller). I does not look bad but it may have been that way for several...

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Dry hopping a gluten free "Rose Bud 25 IPA" and then hitting little white spheroids with my father at a driving range.

I don't think counter flow chillers are intended to be once through devices. If it was really long, it could be but for a practical sized chiller the wart should be recirculated continuously until it discharges enough heat to bring the temp down to where you want it.