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fermenting Ferment Question

FreeportBum

FreeportBum

I have a little over 15lbs of mash fermenting in a 5 gallon glass carboy with airlock. It's been fermenting well for the last few weeks and the airlock is bubbling like I was brewing beer, no worries there. 
 
Question:
 
Would it be bad to add another 15lbs of new mash on top of the already fermenting mash then add more brine and put airlock back on? 
 
or should I just use a separate glass carboy for the new mash? 
 
Thanks for any help, 
 
cheers 
 
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tctenten said:
I will be interested in the response. 
 
Sounds like you have alot of headspace  in the carboy.  My guess is yes but it is just a guess.
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5 gallon carboy would be just about perfect for 30lbs of mash. The 15lbs with brine is a little less then half the 5gal.
 
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You'd probably be fine, but on the odd chance that there's any little thing wrong w the newer batch you risk spoiling the whole thing.  It's a chance I took last year after getting an unexpected amount of peppers at the end of the season and lost about 4 gallons of mash.  
 
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