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Has anyone used those 5 gallon water bottles for water coolers as a secondary fermenter? Does anyone know of any drawbacks to this practice?
... using a bucket (primary), glass carboy (secondary) to brew. I have read up on the benefits of the conical fermenter and can`t help but think that the price vs product is very high (e.g: very basic...
...ial fermentation, i typically start my wine at about 1.070 on the hydrometer, and then put it in a secondary fermenter at about 1.020 and go from there. My question to you experienced winemakers is, i...
...he secondary fermantation takes place about 4-6 days after pitching. 2. now the beer is moved to another fermenter right? when doing it does it matter if it gets exposed to oxygen? is it better t...
http://www.mivamall.com/Merchant2/merchant.mv?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=... &Product_Code=acb Has anyone purchased and used this: Affordable Conical w-Racking Port , 6.5 Gallon. Designed for 5-10 g
...ch wine using this recipe... http://www.defalcos.com/peachapricot_wine.htm In part 3 it says to "Cover the fermenter with the lid and air lock or with a sheet of plastic tied down." Would covering ...
I`m just transferring an apple cider to the secondary fermenter, and thinking ahead to when I will bottle it. I made it by adding cider yeast to store-bought apple juice. Nothing else. (Pure appl
the longer you leave your beer to secondary ferment the better the brew
I have an Alt in the fermenter. The gas passing through the air lock originally had a normal hoppy, malty, yeast smell. After a couple of days the gas has taken on a sulfury - mild rotten egg odor.
...uestions sound a bit dumb. First of i did everything on the back to the exact instructions, put it in the fermenter. Just wondering with the air lock thingy do i have to put anything in it at all? ...
I am creating a wine vat using a conical fermenter with brass fittings (2 piece bulkhead, 90 degree elbow, 3" straight pipe, ball valve and barbed fitting all brass). I searched the WWW and could not
Okay, did I really screw up, or not? My wort has been in the primary for 2 months. It`s a plastic tup-type fermenter with the fermentation lock in place, although the lid seal might not be the best
As a person newly returned to the craft of homebrewing after a 5-6 year hiatus, these conical fermenters are new to me. What are your experiences with them. They sound great at first glance (aside f
the components below from www.USPlastic.com to build my first conical fermenter. I will post some pictures to the web during and after building this thing. I appreciate all the web pages and informa
...ressure barrel them. However, when I restarted brewing this time I purchased a sealable plastic 6 gallon fermenter with a large plastic two piece air lock in the lid, and instead of using ordinar...
...4 hours since pitching yeast now. We`re at 76?F - I feel i aerated it enough by dumping the wort into the fermenter from a slight height, to let it splash a lot. is this low temp making it a slow ...
I am thinking of buying the 135 gallon fermenter from www.morebeer.com. Does anyone have any idea how I would degass this volume? I don't think my whizz stick will do it !
...now whether or not it is feasible to sterilize homebrew containers by UV light?? My idea is to clean the fermenter as much as possible just using ordinary washing up liquid and tap water, rinse i...
Got home this evening and the plastic lid to my primary fermenter had blown off. Actually, it just snapped off, I guess the pressure got to be to much for the air lock and it snapped the seal. It wa
... what to expect as far as liquid volume. I am trying to make crabapple wine. I am using a 5 gallon primary fermenter. I am on my second day after adding the yeast. So far things are progressing. ...
...n worth it. If I restart fermentation is it just going to stop again? Should I rack the wine into a proper fermenter or leave it in the carboy? Should I toss it down the drain and consider it a $45...
...`m very new to homebrewing and am brewing my first oatmeal stout. Last Saturday I racked into the secondary fermenter. On Monday I noticed this white stuff floating on top and first thought my brew ...
...il that for an hour and then add 1 oz more hops for 15 minutes, cool the wort and put in the 6 gal plastic fermenter and pitch some yeast. Afterward, I plan to rack to a 5 gallon plastic water ju...
Is it okay to use a plastic primary fermenter for beer and wine? Is there a certain way to clean it for this purpose?
... the suggested times on the instructions for the various steps, but this time I left the wine in the primary fermenter too long. SG was .995 when I put it into the secondary fermenter. Believing it ...
...got a beer brewing kit for christmas and the recipe said that after my wort has cooled ,put the wort in the fermenter, add my water,then add my yeast starter.....then i should but the air lock on th...
...een told a number of different answers to my questions. I want to corny keg my brew thats in the secondary fermenter right now. My questions are: Should I cut off 3/4" of the dip tube so that yea...
...gh, to say nothing of the fair amount of lees that I see sitting at the bottom of the one-gallon secondary fermenter. How worried do I need to be about these "gross lees" (if these are the gross le...
... already been in room temp. a few days. then let the yeast build up for a few days before I add it to the fermenter filled with extract and water at th eright temp. what would be a good spraymal...
... very difficult to clean & sanitize, otherwise. I would have liked to keep the tops on, to use as closed fermenters, but I figured a sanitized open fermenter was better than a dirty closed one. ...
...y. I read another post on this site and looked at barrel and I think I could fashion some very nice primary fermenters out of one or more of them. The next issue is what to use for a secondary. I...
...1.014. The kit is adjusted for 5 U.K. gallons. I didn`t see that until later. I have 5 U.S. gallons in the fermenter so I am missing one U.S. gallon. The brew looks done and is giving a S.G. of 1.0...
I was always curious. Why do we use plastic for primary fermenters and glass for secondaries?
...s used for flavor, along with "noble," or top hops for aroma and additional flavor. It's brewed in dedicated fermenters using kosher yeast under rabbinic supervision. "You can taste the difference bet...
...ance of my brew. I used a teaspoon of Irish Moss 15 minutes at the end of the boil. When I racked from the fermenter to the bottling bucket, I left two inches of beer so as to not siphon in any of ...
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