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Link Posted: Mon Apr 02, 2018 4:50 pm Post subject: |
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You can also remove the lid and floating plastic piece and replace with a hose attached to the center tube. Run that hose to a jar of sanitized water.
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Turf
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Link Posted: Mon Apr 02, 2018 6:10 pm Post subject: |
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I just removed the cap that sits on the inside and there was definitely a suction that was created. Thinking that it was created when I added co2 to the carboy. Either way, there are no gas bubbles or any other indication that it is still fermenting. Never used us-05 before. Could it be finished fermenting in 7 days?
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dp Brewing Company
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Link Posted: Mon Apr 02, 2018 7:24 pm Post subject: |
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yep.
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Turf
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Link Posted: Mon Apr 02, 2018 7:57 pm Post subject: |
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I just checked the airlock again and it did it again. I thought that only happened when people would cold crash and it created pressure change and vacuum. Happened to me last year.
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Turf
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Link Posted: Mon Apr 02, 2018 7:57 pm Post subject: |
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And that was with a blow off tube setup into a jar of starsan .
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Turf
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Link Posted: Mon Apr 02, 2018 11:26 pm Post subject: |
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It was a p.i.a but I pressure transferred from the carboy to a o2 purged keg. I hit my mark on the sg, but missed it on the finish. I have no idea what the issue was with the air lock, but maybe a stuck fermentation? I used my refractometer and the gravity was around 1.025 and should have been closer to 1.011 from 1.043 starting. Just have it hooked up to co2 with a few psi on it. Not sure what to do?
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Turf
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Link Posted: Tue Apr 03, 2018 2:09 am Post subject: |
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It makes me feel better that I could be closer to FG and I’ll be sure to use a hydrometer next time. I did put about 11psi in the keg and attached the spunding valve should the beer still be fermenting while I’m away.
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dp Brewing Company
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Link Posted: Tue Apr 03, 2018 12:24 pm Post subject: |
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Turf wrote: | It was a p.i.a but I pressure transferred from the carboy to a o2 purged keg. |
Do you mean you purged the 02 out with Co2 before you transferred? Hope you didn't mean you filled the keg with Oxygen before you transferred.
Turf wrote: | I used my refractometer and the gravity was around 1.025 and should have been closer to 1.011 from 1.043 starting. Just have it hooked up to co2 with a few psi on it. Not sure what to do? |
Check the gravity with a hydrometer. Refractometers have trouble reading gravity when alcohol is present.
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Link Posted: Tue Apr 03, 2018 12:27 pm Post subject: |
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Yes, filled keg with co2 to remove the oxygen.
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