Hey guys,
I just had the same problem, same setup, but I'm brewing a Tripel. The airlock was overwhelmed so I now have a hose running out of my bucket to another bucket. How long do I need to keep it this way?
Anyone know if there's much of a difference with using an aluminum pot instead of a stainless steel one for boiling the wort? My dad has an aluminum one he uses to boil lobsters and stuff which he said I could use instead of buying a steel pot to brew my beer. Thoughts?
Anyone have a website they recommend for buying homebrew equipment? I need a new thermometer and some other little things but there's no stores near me locally.
Sorry for all the questions, but how exactly do I keep from oxidizing the beer during the transfer? And how much of a drop in gravity are we talking? Because I enjoy my high alc% IPAs =P
I do have a racking cane. This is my 4th batch of beer ever brewed and I've never gone through the process of using a secondary fermenter. So you say in 12 days, I can siphon out the beer using my racking cane into the regular fermenter? Wouldn't opening the fermenter interrupt the fermenting...
I have two buckets, one for fermenting and one for bottling (the one with a spicket). I stupidly filled the wrong bucket and now I'm worried my beer won't ferment. Does the spicket matter? It's only been 24 hours. What can I do to save this IPA I'm brewing?