beer_is_therapy
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Firstly, thank you for letting me ask this question.
This is my first brew. It is 5 gallons of an extract brew with 2oz of hops boiled for 45min. I was planning on fermenting in a plastic bucket, but when I transfered the cooled wort it started slowly leaking out of the bottom of the bucket. Panicking, I transfered it back into my boiler which is a modified stainless keg (top cut out, two fittings welded on for heating electrodes). So then I had 5 gallons of wort in the keg with the hop pellets at the bottom and decided to try and ferment in there. I pitched the yeast and covered the keg with a stainless plate with an airlock in it and used plumbers putty to seal the top to the keg.
It is showing signs of fermenting. I tasted some of the 1 day old wort and it is less sweet and slightly carbonated even compared to the wort right after boiling. Also there is a very strong hoppy taste (but good).
Basically, what is the problem with fermenting in a boiler and why don't people do it much?
Thanks
Pete
This is my first brew. It is 5 gallons of an extract brew with 2oz of hops boiled for 45min. I was planning on fermenting in a plastic bucket, but when I transfered the cooled wort it started slowly leaking out of the bottom of the bucket. Panicking, I transfered it back into my boiler which is a modified stainless keg (top cut out, two fittings welded on for heating electrodes). So then I had 5 gallons of wort in the keg with the hop pellets at the bottom and decided to try and ferment in there. I pitched the yeast and covered the keg with a stainless plate with an airlock in it and used plumbers putty to seal the top to the keg.
It is showing signs of fermenting. I tasted some of the 1 day old wort and it is less sweet and slightly carbonated even compared to the wort right after boiling. Also there is a very strong hoppy taste (but good).
Basically, what is the problem with fermenting in a boiler and why don't people do it much?
Thanks
Pete