Watcha think?

[RandyG]

Hey Fellow Borgers, I have been thinking(got lottsa time being retired),wondering what would I get using a new Mr. Beer HME in the original Mr. Beer 6 liter fermenter.I recently purchased a Mr. Beer refill kit with Patriot Lager and American Lite. I was figuring to use the Patriot lager straight up to see what it had to offer at 6 liters instead of 8 qts. Do you think it will be too hoppy,sweet,etc. I'm looking for mucho input here b/c I'm probably gonna brew on the 11th,Veteran's Day.I'm a VietNam era vet,so I figured that would be a good time to brew a Patriot beer.How about it folks?

[Yankeedag]

you might be better off going with 7 liters instead of the 6. That will just be about .56 ltr short of the 8 qts. at the 7ltr, should have a little more body.

[monsteroyd]

It will be a little more hoppy, but Patriot isn't that hoppy to start with. So it may be fine. It will have more ABV than in a 8qt LBK too. You'll make beer I bet

Monty

[RandyG]

Yank, I'd like to boost it up some,but this Mr. Beer Pilot fermenter can only "Safely" hold 6 liters.This is allowing only about an inch of headspace.It is fitted with an airlock,but I may have to put a blowoff tube in it. It was originally supposed to be used with the old 550g refills,so the new 1.87 refills might be too much.We will see. Thanx for the input.

[Cheaptrix]

Randy,

I would like to say Thank You for your service to our great country. Enjoy Veteran's Day brewing, you have earned it.

CheapTrix

[jpsherman]

Never know if you don't try! It will be higher ABV, but the stated ABV's are higher than actual anyways. Might be a tad more bitter, but you picked some lower IBU refills.

If you look at some of the newer recipes many of them involve a huge amount of malt for 8Q (some are 4# or so!). I think you will probably be okay.

And thank you for making sure the rest of us can enjoy our freedom, feel safe from our enemies, and make the world a better place!

[RandyG]

Well,turned out as I suspected.I came home from the Market to find my Mr. Beer Pilot fermenter bubbling over out of the airlock. I thought this would happen after seeing the krausen pushing up against the lid. I quickly rigged
up some tubing to an old airlock without innards,half-filled alittle bucket with h2O and put the tubing into it.Didn't get to sanitize it too well,but once the krausen drops,I replace the airlock with a sanitized one.Besides,everything is coming out of the fermenter,so hopefully nuttin will get in.If so Still, acting quickly, was better than having a giant mess to clean up,even though the fermenter is sitting in a tray with sides.