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Hi standslanted, thanks for replying. I would answer your question, but I can't remember :confused:. I would say that chances are very good that I did stir in the topping water. I'm conscientious about stirring throughout the process and although I didn't know the term was stratification, it...

A buddy and myself made a Sierra Nevada Torpedo IPA double batch today. We went way out of our comfort zone! Probably not that big of a deal for experienced brewers, but considering I made my first batch 2 months ago, I am excited about the next couple months and the brew we made today! So...

Well, it may not be necessary at this time. The worst part of the fermentation had ceased before I even cleaned up. One I cleaned up and changed airlocks, one of the buckets started immediately bubbling, but hasn't gotten crazy. The other one never really started up again, which I thought...

Thanks a lot for the help. I have gotten the buckets cleaned up and new airlocks in place. I don't have a blow off tube yet, so I can't do that yet. The fermentation had slowed considerably after I originally made this thread. However, as soon as I popped the new airlock on, it immediately...

Shoot....I had heard of the blow off tubes,but wasn't aware of when they were needed. I don't know right off my head, but the basement stays around 70 degrees and the bucket thermometers have always stayed around 72 or so. I didn't check on this batch because everything had been so...

First of all, sorry for making my first post an emergency help post....and maybe it really isn't, but I'm new to extract brewing and I'm in a jam. I started in early September and I've made 5 batches as of yesterday. The first 4 have all been Brewers Best kits. I haven't had any problems...