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No, did not use Brewtan B, and I like to think my cleaning/sanitation routine is very sound. I initially thought it might be from the orange peel or coriander but then the brown "droppings" got me a little more scared. I'll give it a taste when the temp has dropped to serving temp to see how...

Hey everyone. Brewed an American Wheat a few weeks ago using US-05. It fermented in my SS Brewtech Brew Bucket for a bit over 3 weeks and I just racked it to my keg. The color of the beer appeared to be ok through the silicone transfer hose but when I opened up the fermenter after transfer I...

Just an update here. I never heard back from my LHBS so I suppose that the new lids they got all had the same opening. I ended up ordering a universal bung that seems to seal fully (https://www.ontariobeerkegs.com/Medium_Universal_Carboy_Bung_Drilled_p/universal-bung-med-drilled.htm), so I'll...

The batch is now bubbling like mad and I'm also getting some liquid seeping out the bung. I laid out sanitized paper towel around the bung to absorb it. It's not a lot of liquid but still. I'm not worried yet as there's a ton of CO2 pushing everything out but I'll start to worry in a few days...

Just an update here - I went to my LHBS and tested another lid from the Fermonster and that one had the same issue. You could visually see that it's slightly oval. No matter how hard I try to push and wedge this in (even trying to twist) it cannot seal properly and trust me, I'm using a ton of...

I think I worry more about oxygen getting in once active fermentation ends. I might just place the solid lid and simulate a bucket fermenter for this one. And yes - they definitely owe me a new lid but are not sending me one, saying I need to go through my LHBS. It's really clear that this is...

It really is the pits - especially around the timing. The reason I got the Fermonster is that even in a temp controlled chamber and connecting a blow-off tube I always get crazy blow-off (hence the larger fermenter). I would sacrifice another blow-off to brew this weekend but in my second...

I thought about that but I would worry about what filing would do to the lid hole (uneven cut, places for bacteria to hide, ...).

Hey everyone. I'm wondering if anyone else has noticed this with their Fermonster. I just bought a 7G Fermonster last week and noticed that the #10 bung doesn't quite seal the hole in the stock lid (3 picks included below). I tried 3 different bungs, and also rotated the bung and the gaps are...

@day_trippr, how many ounces do you use per 5 gallons? The recipe I’m following calls for 1.5.

I thought about that as well so that I could then do a closed transfer to a fully purged keg. On what fermentation day and for how many days are you keeping it in the primary?

Thanks for the quick replies! I’ll definitely be sanitizing the inside and outside of the measuring container. Cheers.

Hey everyone. I have a Rogue Chocolate Stout fermenting and I'll be transferring to a keg in a few days. The recipe I followed is below, and calls for chocolate extract to be added to the secondary/keg. I purchased this -...

My bad - sorry. I add 5.25 G of wort into the vessel. The 7.5G FerMonster will definitely help here but my original concern of leaving it in there for 3-4 weeks has me worried.

Hey everyone. After 4 consecutive brews that blew off significantly, I'm re-thinking my fermentation vessel. A quick recap of my setup: 1. I ferment in a temperature controlled chest freezer. I insulate the probe to the wall of the carboy and set the temperature to 66 for the first few...

LOL - maybe I was! :) Some additional history here. Before kegging I used to (stupidly) mill my grains in my fermentation room not knowing that was an issue, and I did have infections in 2 bottled batches (one gusher and one American Wheat that turned copper/purple in color). I then moved...

My CO2 tank was supplied and filled by my LHBS. I purchased it brand new and I have yet to refill it. As for the pictures, attached are 2 more closeups, one with what I perceive as clean and one that I perceive as dirty. What I presume is the check valve is white on the 2 outside lines and...

US-05 was used for two, and Danstar Nottingham for the other, but before kegging I brewed many batches that I bottled (almost exclusively used US-05) and nothing ever tasted anywhere close to what this tasted like. I brought a sample of each to my LHBS and they picked off the diacetyl right...

That’s what I thought but the beer tasted great initially, then the butterscotch taste kept getting worse and worse, to the point where I had to dump 2 kegs. :(. It was undrinkable. I only primary and both beers spent 5 days at 66 (until Active fermentation was done). I then bumped the temp...

Hey everyone. I'll try to keep this post relatively short. I switched to kegging a year ago and 3 out of my last 4 batches have ended up tasting like butterscotch. 2 out of the 3 took a couple of weeks in the keg before the taste changed and my latest (an Imperial IPA) tasted off right after...