Aggressive Primary Fermentation - advice

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  1. SFACRKnight

    SFACRKnight Grand Pooh-Bah (3,348) Jan 20, 2012 Colorado
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    Well yeah. I got distracted from posting a reply originally, but still wanted to weigh in. I picked the bucket up specifically for big beers.
     
    #21 SFACRKnight, Nov 5, 2015
  2. JackHorzempa

    JackHorzempa Grand Pooh-Bah (3,375) Dec 15, 2005 Pennsylvania
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    As I mentioned in a previous post, when I homebrew higher gravity beers (which is rarely) I add some Fermcap drops to the primary fermenter as insurance. Maybe the reason I have no blow off issues is because of the Fermcap? I have never brewed a higher gravity beer without using Fermcap so I really do not know whether it is absolutely required to eliminate a blow off with this size bucket.

    Cheers!
     
    #22 JackHorzempa, Nov 5, 2015
  3. SFACRKnight

    SFACRKnight Grand Pooh-Bah (3,348) Jan 20, 2012 Colorado
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    I still have blowoff issues with fermcap. It isn't as bad, but big beers gonna do what they do.
     
    #23 SFACRKnight, Nov 6, 2015
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