BlackBearForge
Well-Known Member
Woot! My first beer (a simple pale ale recipe) is really beginning to smell like actual beer! 
I placed it in primary Sunday evening, had activity by Monday morning, vigorous fermentation by Monday evening and today it appears to be starting to slow down just a bit (a bloop in the S-lock every five seconds or so now). Our ferret thinks so too (he is a big time beer connoisseur as well) and when he's out makes a beeline to the Igloo Cube where it's fermenting. (The Cube seems to be working beautifully as well, keeping things right at 67-68 degrees with a 16 oz. bottle of ice every 12 hours.)
I've decided to let it sit in the primary the entire 3-4 weeks which means I may have to use my five gallon carboy with a blow off for the next batch I now feel compelled to brew in a week or two, a porter perhaps? (or better yet pick up a 6.5 gallon better bottle and save the five gallon carboy for aging a RIS in secondary!). Thanks for the wealth of information here!
I placed it in primary Sunday evening, had activity by Monday morning, vigorous fermentation by Monday evening and today it appears to be starting to slow down just a bit (a bloop in the S-lock every five seconds or so now). Our ferret thinks so too (he is a big time beer connoisseur as well) and when he's out makes a beeline to the Igloo Cube where it's fermenting. (The Cube seems to be working beautifully as well, keeping things right at 67-68 degrees with a 16 oz. bottle of ice every 12 hours.)
I've decided to let it sit in the primary the entire 3-4 weeks which means I may have to use my five gallon carboy with a blow off for the next batch I now feel compelled to brew in a week or two, a porter perhaps? (or better yet pick up a 6.5 gallon better bottle and save the five gallon carboy for aging a RIS in secondary!). Thanks for the wealth of information here!
