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In response to "yes. don't rack the IPA yet, they take longer. -- nm" by loosilu

well, I need to rack it if I'm going to brew

Posted by znufrii Apr 27 '12, 13:21

either than or I need to go buy another fermentation bucket, which would be yet another sign that this is officially getting out of hand. :)

and on the IPA, the airlock hasn't budged in 4 days now. Either was too warm and has already finished primary fermentation, or it's stuck. Will take a hydrometer reading tonight to find out which.

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oh. Well, buckets are cheap. You can't be sure on the IPA unless you get a reading. -- nm - loosilu Apr 27, 13:23 13
- fwiw, we had at least two IPAs that made bottle bombs because they got stuck. -- nm - loosilu Apr 27, 13:23 12
  - good to know. - znufrii Apr 27, 13:24 11
    - and a bottle bomb doesn't mean the cap blows off. The glass bursts. -- nm - loosilu Apr 27, 13:25 10
      - someone at a redhook brewery died when a keg blew -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 27, 13:27 8
        
        ooof -- nm - znufrii Apr 27, 13:28
        
        like last week -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 27, 13:28 6
        
        oh wow, you're not joking. that sucks. -- (link) - loosilu Apr 27, 13:31 5
        
        i would have thought the kegs had some safety valve like a water heater or steam kettle pressure cooker -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 27, 13:39 4
        
        I'm not familiar with kegs at all. I know a carboy can explode if the vent gets clogged, and that is ugly. - loosilu Apr 27, 13:40 3
        
        can be any size, really - znufrii Apr 27, 13:48
        
        around here a carboy is just a large glass jug consumers can have filled at a brew pub -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 27, 13:46 1
        
        that's a growler. :) -- nm - loosilu Apr 27, 14:07
      - yes, I know. -- nm - znufrii Apr 27, 13:26

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