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OP here: The tank is the fermentation vessel. We removed the mixer since it wouldn't be of any use during the summer. I could wrap the monster with some of the heat insulation material they use for chimneys which will help retain any fermentation heat clearly, any making sure the fermentation...

Hi all, I spent last winter fermenting my beer inside a country house during the winter where the lowest the room got was about 15 degrees C (59 F). This summer I have a milk tank in the garage of the country house to maintain fermentation temperatures at a nice 18 C (64 F) which will really...

I would LOVE to see that study.

Good to know, thanks for the information! I will just have to look for a second milk tank.

This summer, as always where I live, it is going to be upwards of 100 degrees during the day. Now normally I would refrain from brewing until October, but this year is special because I have a blichmann 55 gallon boilermaker, a 140 gallon refrigerated milk tank (perfect for fermentation), and a...

FINALLY, after 3 more large batches and several weeks of fermentation I have come to the conclusion that the best way to maximize hop aroma is: 1) Wait until the beer is completely finished with fermentation (10 to 14 days) 2) Add 3 grams of hops for every liter. Fifty liters of beer needed 150...

Well, I'll give it a go and let it ferment for two weeks instead of one. If it works out, then I will have to rehaul my brewing schedule... and it may eventually be for the best. Who knows.

One of my problems is that I am working with a tight brewing schedule, and while I would love to be able to wait two weeks before dry hopping, I don't have the luxury. Do you think upping the hop quantity to 2 grams per liter (or 330 grams for the 40 gallon batch) would help? Or would any...

Sorry for the confusion Kombat. The first container was a 7.9 gallon / 30 liter fermenter. The second container was precisely a 15.8 gallon / 60 liter fermenter (which I mentioned in the original post, though I didn't include the decimals).

The 5 gallons were fermentented in a 7.9 gallon fermenter, so it has about the same amount of headspace. The beer is a 6.3% ipa that uses safale US05. The beer was cleaning up when I dropped in the hops (after seven days), and while I didn't notice any change in the FG before dry hopping and...

Mmmmm, just to make sure we are on the same page, the first batch was 5 gallons in 1 container with 30 grams of hops. The second batch was 40 gallons divided into 3 containers, each container being double the size of the original batch, and each container receiving 90 grams of hops (which is to...

Hi all, I am having a dry hopping problem. I made an experimental 5 gallon/20 liter batch ipa which was dry hopped with 30 grams of galaxy flower hops for seven days (after the main fermentation). The beer was a success and so I started making batches of 40 gallons/150 liters, fermenting in...

I thought about the sticker idea. But it may just make more sense to wait until January and dish them out as a "post vacations" gift, or make a back up batch and give that beer out in January. I used about an ounce of hops (30 grams) per 5 gallons. I thought that maybe heating the room where...

So I have a nice ale which I dry hopped for three days with ahtanum and bottled. Now, a week later, I have this very strong hoppy aroma (which I was shooting for) that smells quite a bit like garlic and grass (which I was not looking for). The bottles haven't finished carbonating obviously...

@BierMuncher You only mash for 45 minutes? I assume you do the 170F / 78C finishing mash step, also but... only 45 minutes?