Recent content by caywood

Thank you both for the quick reply. Because I'm brewing an ale, I was concerned that the lost wort (about a quart?) in the bucket and on the floor, would have contained a lot of the yeast (top fermenting, right?) and therefore cause a ruined batch. After clean up, and a lesser insertion depth of...

Hi fellow brewers-advice please on my blow off tube situation. Set up my carboy in the pantry with one end of the blow off tube in a bucket with star san solution, and the other inserted too far into the bottle - actually just under the level oif the wort! What the hell was I thinking? A closed...