You can use for beer, just keep your wort in the dark and covered with a towel or old dark tshirt. UV light reacting with the hop oils will skunk it even while it is fermenting.
Currently Conditioning:
Cherry Mead
California Moscato
Currently enjoying:
Hardly Apple Cider on tap
Hardly Cherry Lime-Aid on tap
Oktoberfestive-Ale on tap
PGA Cider (Pear, Ginger, Apple) on tap 3rd Founders Cup 2016 King Of The Mountain on tap
Bottoms Up Brown on tap GOLD 2016 Ohio Brew Week Silver 2016 Ohio State Fair Silver 2016 Son of Brewzilla, Silver 2015 Son of Brewzilla, Bronze 2015 King Of The Mountain on tap
NITWIT BELGIAN STRONG ALE Banjo-Dawg RCE bottled
DAWG LB PALE ALE bottled
CITRA SLAPPED AMBER ALE bottle
MO FREEDOM SMaSH bottle
HOP TO IT IMPERIAL IPA bottle
That looks good, you'll be able to see the beer fermenting even better. Like you were using one of those glass fermenters. That's the main thing I like about using my 1 Gallon jug glass fermenters, being able to see it. Actually that's probably the only thing as they're a little harder to clean and only containing just over a Gallon, that doesn't leave much room for expansion and they definitely need the blow off hoses that I put on them. One Irish Ale I did a couple of weeks ago, it's fermentation was so active I had to empty the blow-off jar twice due it filling up the jar.
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I had a can of MrBeer Octoberfest begging to get used. I know some of us are angry at MB but that 30 minute start to finish 2.5 gallon batch is a quick fix to play with a new toy.
I hope to take a pic tomorrow of the "fermenting action".
Honestly, I'd rate most of my beers as GE (good enough). I really enjoy putzing around and playing with all these gadgets in my basement.
Took my first peek tonight. I even got LCC his own t shirt to keep any possible light out. The funny thing is that the neck of the t shirt fits perfect around the lid.
brewnewb wrote:Took my first peek tonight. I even got LCC his own t shirt to keep any possible light out. The funny thing is that the neck of the t shirt fits perfect around the lid.
If you got it a pair of shorts I'd bet the zipper would work well when you wanted to access the spigot.