Jim's Beer Kit

@ PeeBee. Ah, a BU-strain, remember reading something stating that now, somewhere. I wasn’t worried, more curious as to why it happened. If this is repeatable, I will as mentioned try this yeast under the same circumstances but with different grainbills, it will definitely be a yeast if interest, an...

@ Robwalkeragain, thanks for the link, I’ll read later when time allows. It was the third batch with this malt and neither of the previous two fermented that vigorously, but different yeasts for every batch, the first with W 34/70, the second with K-97 and this with LB.
Cheers, Vreten.

@ Bertie Doe. I’ll see if I still got my sachet and haven’t tossed it yet. Talked to the guy who runs the LHBS and his take on it was that the lack of an airlock could mean that more oxygen was present at the start of fermentation than it usually is when you fit an airlock.
Cheers, Vreten.

@ sandimas. I think so too, OG 1.049 and one sachet of yeast, so nothing out of the ordinary, only exception no airlock to begin with. I fitted an airlock after 36 hours-ish but it seems that the initial fermentation was quite fast and furious, not much activity now. @ Kingfisher4. I don’t do temepe...

They do two different malts, one less smoked than the other, and I got around 4 kilos of each. This is the third batch, with the leftovers from the two previous ones who were made with 2,5 kilos of pils and 2,5 kilos smoked per batch, one with the less and one with the more smoked. I used K-97 for t...

Hi folks, first post (no, didn’t introduce myself after joining (shame)j. I am seeking some more info re this yeast and it’s performance. The plot is as follows: brewed an ag smoked beer yesterday 2,5 kilos of pilsner malt 2,3 kilos of peatsmoked malt made by a small swedish maltster/distillery on t...