Ok,So I picked up recipe ingredients from a local brewer supply. The guy calculated the recipe for the Mr. fermenter.

Sunday I brewed and stuck in a closet. Monday morning I looked at the fermenter and it was bubbling so much, it looked like it was boiling. Tuesday morning, same thing.

Anyway, I got home from work tonight and it has slowed down considerably. The problem is, now there is trub above the spigot.

My question is this. Can I transfer to another fermenter? Should I? I thought I would wait about 7-10 days and poor into another Mr. Beer keg. Should I screen it somehow and with what?

Or, should I do nothing and not worry about it?

Please help.

don't worry. you think with the amount of beer people drink on these boards, there'd be less worrying...

the trub will settle and compact over the remaining 12 days of fermentation.

and, if there's still a little trub over the spigot (or *at* spigot level), then just drain into a glass until the beer runs clear, then start to bottle... a little "channel" will form and the beer will start to run out without being cloudy.

if any trub does make it in to a bottle... no big deal, it'll clear and settle in the bottle during the four weeks of carbonation and conditioning.

all is well

Just went through the same thing myself on my last two batches. It worked out just like psuchunk described and I had no problems bottling after pulling a shot glass.

I was worried and posted about it when it happened to me too lol!

Yes all is well!

It will settle down that much? It's a good 3/4" above the spigot. My in-experience is showing here I know.

I have faith in all the well seasoned brewers.

Hmmm mine wasn't that high over the spigot, it was still a good half inch though and it worked out fine... I'm definitely not a seasoned brewer but you should still be fine.

Maybe you should post the recipe the LHBS guy gave you to brew just in case he calculated high, the real well seasoned brewers here will know by looking at it.

You can always raise the front of the keg a bit maybe with a few magazines. That way the trub will settle more towards the back keeping the channel clear near the spigot. Or you could send in one of those miniaturized submarines like they did in Fantastic Voyage but you would need one of those electronic miniaturization devices and they don't come cheap. Plus you would need to hire a crew and some people are just not comfortable being miniaturized no matter how much you pay them.

Pony, Just put an old paperback the size of a Zane Grey novel under the spigot and the trub will slowly back off... and please forgive Mami, whose Stout deficiency is obviously showing

What?



Some people think this is science fiction but we know better don't we?

I use a deck of cards in the front to give it a little tilt. Found out that come bottling day, you also get less sediment in your beer.

OR use a bottling bucket. then you get to batch prime AND take the beer off the trub before bottling. been doing it from the start.