15 Gallons of EdWort's Haus Ale

15 gallons of Haus Ale fermenting at 69° in the garage. A 40 watt incandescent light bulb keeps the temp up during the cold nights. I stopped using airlocks and now just leave loose lids on during fermentation for about 10-14 days.

Notice in this cold weather the two fermenters closest to the light bulb have a bigger Kreuzen.

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Howto & Style

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• Homebrew
• Haus
• Ale
• Beer

[nbullock3902]

have you ever gotten an infection using the loose lid method? I'm curious about this big time!

[EdWort]

@nbullock3902 Nope, no infections and I have even left beer in there for two months. I let a big IPA cold crash for weeks at 33 degrees after 3 weeks at 65 degrees. Came out awesome. I like the no airlock method for buckets. I stop peeking after I get kreuzen and generally let my beers ferment a minimum of two weeks with this method.

[88BeautifulGirls]

@EdWort

I've thought about making the switch to these medium sized buckets too. What size are yours? Are they tall enough for all types of yeast?

I have used the large 50 litre fermentors, and just put some saran wrap around the edge after the krausen dissapears. I'm assuming your leave it the same looseness during the whole process?

BTW I love your recipes, thanks very much for sharing on hbt!

[EdWort]

@88BeautifulGirls These are 6 gallon buckets. They are high enough for normal fermenting beers. I use 7.9 gallon buckets for beers that violently ferment (My Bee Cave Brewery Bavarian Hefeweizen and Bee Cave Brewery Robust Porter.

I leave them loose for the whole process, but I will leave something on top of the lid as a weight.

[JOMalone3113]

using this method is a great way to harvest yeast! Just top crop and go! Great stuff!