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Post by mooj » Thu Dec 13, 2007 9:33 pm

I too made the the mistake of over-pitching on my first AG stout recently. I didn't aerate any more than usual, but there was a good inch of nice, clean looking nottingham slurry. It just looked too good to waste even though I had plenty of new packets of yeast. Also I was in a rush to finish and the fact I saved on cleaning the FV was too much of a temptation.

Anyway I have never had such a quick fermentation, it finished in less than 24 hrs, from 1042 to 1010. I couldn't believe it. I left it another week, but the SG was near enough the same. I lost a large quantity through the blow-off tube just like Rab also. I just sampled a bottle and the flavour is really clean, I always thought I liked clean-tasting beers, this one has proved me wrong. Possibly the worst AG I've made in my short brewing career. Never mind :roll:
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