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I am using 2 pails at the same time. I got a little confused I guess and added too much water to one pail. I don't mind as if everything goes right, it will still be 10% wine. Fine for me. I do have one concern that it was too high in the pail and the oak chips may block the air lock and blow wine all over the livingroom. How to explain that? I came down to the lid the next morning that was swollen with no activity in the blow off tube. Hmmm. Seems to be fermenting though. 68 F. Will check it often. The normal one beside it is fermenting, but very slow. I have another box on the floor and will make sure I get them right. Once inch below the first ring is 23 L. A lot of wine makers go with 19 L in the pail to get more alcohol. Nope, I don't need that and will follow the instructions.  23 L in the pail is around an inch below the bottom ring. Anywhere around there  is fine. Buy your yeast from the Wine Shoppe for now on. DAY 2 Just started with not much activity. 68 F. ...

                                                         Chris's Kolsch 5.5 Gallons Giving it another try since my last 2 or 3 were dumpers. Trying Escarpment Kolsch yeast again along with a new water profile. Same water profile as my Helles which is fermenting right now ( March 20 ). Using Vienna malt as per Kal's recipe. Will re-use the yeast if this turns out okay. I do find little difference between a Kolsch and a Helles if not using Pils malt.                                                     RECIPE CHANGE I changed the hops and hop schedule. I think it is no use to use...

Conical I am doing a double brew to fill up the Conical. Trying to figure out how much washed yeast to use in my starter. I am going with a 1 L starter with all jars and step up to a 4 L. In the future, just toss on top and buy new yeast after that. Done trying to figure out how much slurry to use. No one seems to agree on the amount. Ingredients 11 lbs. UCM 1 lb. Munich I 51 g Hallertauer - 3.4% AA at 60 min. 28.35 g Hallertauer - 3.4% AA at the 170 F mark when chilling the wort. WLP833 German Bock - Washed Feb 17. 7 500 ml jars. Looks like 10 ml each. Not very much in my opinion, but they do look clean with no trub. I got a lot of yeast on the bottom of the 5 L flask. Hope I didn't get way too much. I will know when I start farting and my stomach hurts, just like last time. Will never, ever save yeast again. Pain in the ass. O.G. - 1.046 F.G. -  1.011 - Using all of my washed yeast + a 2 step starter means I didn't over pitch at all. % -    ...