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Date: 30 Oct 2006 11:12:34
From: Gerard Eberlein
Subject: to use a 5 gallon carboy or not
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I was going to brew a hefeweizen for teach a friend to homebrew day next
Saturday but I have a dilemma. I brewed a big IPA yesterday and it's using
my only 6.5 gallon carboy. The krausen is going off, I pitched on a yeast
cake for the first time and wow....never seen a krausen like that, it's
almost clogging my 1"? blowoff hose. I have 2-5 gallon carboys and was going
to make my first starter using wyeast 3068 for saturday upcoming but after
seeing the way this IPA is going I'm concerned using a 5 gallon carboy would
be a disaster if the krausen from using a starter is as big as using a yeast
cake. I know this IPA will not be ready to rack by Friday night, my IPAs at
62 ambient take from 7-10 days. Anyone ever done a wheat using a starter and
ferment it in a 5 gallon carboy? Thanx in advance.
Gerard
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Date: 30 Oct 2006 11:45:39
From: Jim
Subject: Re: to use a 5 gallon carboy or not
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Gerard Eberlein wrote on 10/30/2006 11:12 AM:
> I was going to brew a hefeweizen for teach a friend to homebrew day next
> Saturday but I have a dilemma. I brewed a big IPA yesterday and it's using
> my only 6.5 gallon carboy. The krausen is going off, I pitched on a yeast
> cake for the first time and wow....never seen a krausen like that, it's
> almost clogging my 1"? blowoff hose. I have 2-5 gallon carboys and was going
> to make my first starter using wyeast 3068 for saturday upcoming but after
> seeing the way this IPA is going I'm concerned using a 5 gallon carboy would
> be a disaster if the krausen from using a starter is as big as using a yeast
> cake. I know this IPA will not be ready to rack by Friday night, my IPAs at
> 62 ambient take from 7-10 days. Anyone ever done a wheat using a starter and
> ferment it in a 5 gallon carboy? Thanx in advance.
>
> Gerard
>
>
Just grab a cheap plastic bucket. If he likes brewing, he can keep the
bucket for primary and get a carboy for secondary.
By the time the primary is done, you should be done using your carboy as
the secondary.
Jim
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Date: 30 Oct 2006 16:20:12
From: John Bleichert
Subject: Re: to use a 5 gallon carboy or not
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Gerard Eberlein <dormouse@charter.net > wrote:
> I was going to brew a hefeweizen for teach a friend to homebrew day next
> Saturday but I have a dilemma. I brewed a big IPA yesterday and it's using
> my only 6.5 gallon carboy. The krausen is going off, I pitched on a yeast
> cake for the first time and wow....never seen a krausen like that, it's
> almost clogging my 1"? blowoff hose. I have 2-5 gallon carboys and was going
> to make my first starter using wyeast 3068 for saturday upcoming but after
> seeing the way this IPA is going I'm concerned using a 5 gallon carboy would
> be a disaster if the krausen from using a starter is as big as using a yeast
> cake. I know this IPA will not be ready to rack by Friday night, my IPAs at
> 62 ambient take from 7-10 days. Anyone ever done a wheat using a starter and
> ferment it in a 5 gallon carboy? Thanx in advance.
>
> Gerard
>
My 2 wheat beers are the only brews so far that have had to be "blown
off" out of my 6.5 gallon carboy (magnum?). Wheat beers seem to go
crazy during promary. I'd say a wheat beer in a 5 gallon carboy is a
guaranteed extreme mess. Unless you ratchet the recipe down to (say) 4
gallons.
Just my 0.02 USD.
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John Bleichert syborg@earthlink.net
The heat from below can burn your eyes out!!
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Date: 02 Nov 2006 01:46:47
From: Brian
Subject: Re: to use a 5 gallon carboy or not
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Agreed. The heffe is not one you want to stuff into a smaller fermenter.
Go out and buy yourself a 7-gallon plastic bucket!
"John Bleichert" <syborg@earthlink.net > wrote in message
news:0Dp1h.15033$Lv3.14955@newsread1.news.pas.earthlink.net...
> Gerard Eberlein <dormouse@charter.net> wrote:
>> I was going to brew a hefeweizen for teach a friend to homebrew day next
>> Saturday but I have a dilemma. I brewed a big IPA yesterday and it's
>> using
>> my only 6.5 gallon carboy. The krausen is going off, I pitched on a yeast
>> cake for the first time and wow....never seen a krausen like that, it's
>> almost clogging my 1"? blowoff hose. I have 2-5 gallon carboys and was
>> going
>> to make my first starter using wyeast 3068 for saturday upcoming but
>> after
>> seeing the way this IPA is going I'm concerned using a 5 gallon carboy
>> would
>> be a disaster if the krausen from using a starter is as big as using a
>> yeast
>> cake. I know this IPA will not be ready to rack by Friday night, my IPAs
>> at
>> 62 ambient take from 7-10 days. Anyone ever done a wheat using a starter
>> and
>> ferment it in a 5 gallon carboy? Thanx in advance.
>>
>> Gerard
>>
>
> My 2 wheat beers are the only brews so far that have had to be "blown
> off" out of my 6.5 gallon carboy (magnum?). Wheat beers seem to go
> crazy during promary. I'd say a wheat beer in a 5 gallon carboy is a
> guaranteed extreme mess. Unless you ratchet the recipe down to (say) 4
> gallons.
>
> Just my 0.02 USD.
>
> -----------------------------------------------
> John Bleichert syborg@earthlink.net
> The heat from below can burn your eyes out!!
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Date: 30 Oct 2006 14:13:26
From: Bob F
Subject: Re: to use a 5 gallon carboy or not
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"Gerard Eberlein" <dormouse@charter.net > wrote in message
news:lxp1h.1$Ad1.0@newsfe03.lga...
> I was going to brew a hefeweizen for teach a friend to homebrew day next
> Saturday but I have a dilemma. I brewed a big IPA yesterday and it's using
> my only 6.5 gallon carboy. The krausen is going off, I pitched on a yeast
> cake for the first time and wow....never seen a krausen like that, it's
> almost clogging my 1"? blowoff hose. I have 2-5 gallon carboys and was
going
> to make my first starter using wyeast 3068 for saturday upcoming but after
> seeing the way this IPA is going I'm concerned using a 5 gallon carboy
would
> be a disaster if the krausen from using a starter is as big as using a
yeast
> cake. I know this IPA will not be ready to rack by Friday night, my IPAs
at
> 62 ambient take from 7-10 days. Anyone ever done a wheat using a starter
and
> ferment it in a 5 gallon carboy? Thanx in advance.
You could always just split it between two 5 gallon carboys.
Re-combine for secondary.
Bob
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Date: 30 Oct 2006 21:37:47
From: John 'Shaggy' Kolesar
Subject: Re: to use a 5 gallon carboy or not
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On Mon, 30 2006 11:12:34 -0500, <dormouse@charter.net > wrote:
> I was going to brew a hefeweizen for teach a friend to homebrew day next
> Saturday but I have a dilemma. I brewed a big IPA yesterday and it's using
> my only 6.5 gallon carboy. The krausen is going off, I pitched on a yeast
> cake for the first time and wow....never seen a krausen like that, it's
> almost clogging my 1"? blowoff hose. I have 2-5 gallon carboys and was going
> to make my first starter using wyeast 3068 for saturday upcoming but after
> seeing the way this IPA is going I'm concerned using a 5 gallon carboy would
> be a disaster if the krausen from using a starter is as big as using a yeast
> cake. I know this IPA will not be ready to rack by Friday night, my IPAs at
> 62 ambient take from 7-10 days. Anyone ever done a wheat using a starter and
> ferment it in a 5 gallon carboy? Thanx in advance.
Wheat beers tend to have really messy/sticky krausens. I don't think there's
any reason you can't rack the IPA a little early. It won't hurt anything,
and chances are that it'll have died down enough by then that having
your IPA in the 5 gallon and your Hefe in the 6.5 gallon will be a lot
better than the other way around.
John.
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