Westermans
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All I have is a gallon of apfelwein at the moment. Hoping to remedy that soon.
White IPA going into the keg tomorrow.View attachment 261812
I hope you didn't keg that, it's clearly still fermenting.
I'd get rid of that handle also.![]()
Okay, showing off five consecutive weekends brewing...
1.) American Amber in day 3 of cold crash...
2.) American Brown Ale conditioning...
3.) American IPA - day 3 of dry hopping...
4.) American Pale Ale - day 8 in primary, and the krausen is still there!
5.) American Wheat Ale - day 3 - slow build on the fermentation - blew off a bit last night
Sorry about the angles on some of these - best beauty shots I could do without taking them out of the fermentation chambers.
Also, sorry about the rotation - there is a SERIOUS rotation issue on this site! There's nothing I can do to get these to show up right (get it? upright?)! Haha!
I hope you didn't keg that, it's clearly still fermenting.
I'd get rid of that handle also.![]()
How much head space do you leave in your Ss BrewBucket for krausen? My ales produce a lot. With only a 1/2" blowoff, I've been concerned about that. One is in the mail on its way to my house.
Quite a lot. The wort filled to about 5.5g and the bucket markings go up to 7. I always treat with fermcap-s because I pitch big starters and almost always get blowoff. I have a 1/2" OD blowoff hose rigged, which I would consider small, but didn't get anything blowing out of it this time.
It's a whole lot more headspace than a 6.5g carboy, I'll tell ya that.
It hit my numbers after three weeks in primary and now I'll "lager" if you will for close to a month. Belgian 3944 is a bit sulphur-y. Should be fine. Flavor and gravity are spot on. Yeast on nose needs to chill out. Literally.
And the handles are there because I don't feel like taking them off at this point. I lift from bottom. Never even touch the handles when it's full. Plus, my Ss BrewBuckets are in the mail.
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