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2 batches of hard cider & a Niagara/ peach wine

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5 gallons of dry Irish stout in the corner brewed three weeks ago. 5 gallons dry Irish Stout in the primary brewed yesterday. Sorry for the wrong view can't seem to figure out where to rotate the image.
 
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!

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I hope you didn't keg that, it's clearly still fermenting.

I'd get rid of that handle also.:mug:


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.

:)
 
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!


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.
 
I hope you didn't keg that, it's clearly still fermenting.

I'd get rid of that handle also.:mug:


What signs did see that told you this beer was still fermenting? Krausen had fallen back into beer, just stuck on carboy around top. Just curious. Knowledge is king. - Thanks
 
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.
 
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.


Thanks for the response. I always pitch big starters as well. I was thinking with the top of the vessel being so much wider than the bottleneck of a carboy, it would have more room for expansion, but that probably doesn't make any sense. 😄 I like to get 6 gallons in my fermenters, but that may be playing with fire only having a 1/2" blowoff.
 
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.

:)



This is just me, and I understand the safety issues, but I have been hauling full fermenters up and down stairs for 20 years with the neck handles and, thank the lord, have had no issues. Maybe My carboys are of an older manufacture (made in Mexico I believe), and are perhaps a bit sturdier. I'm not saying its perfectly safe, just that I never broken a carboy.
 
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