Is it usual for All Grain to ferment so well?

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Is it usual for All Grain to ferment so well?

Post by ChrisG » Mon Sep 29, 2008 8:09 pm

As you all know I finished my first All Grain in Saturday.

Didnt make a yeast starter (never do) and didnt aireate that well.

Using S04 yeast the wort has gone from 1044 down to 1012 already (two days).

Thats really good! Really pleased with this, be able to bottle during the week.
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Post by spearmint-wino » Mon Sep 29, 2008 8:24 pm

Yep, that sounds about right. A good ale yeast can see off a medium gravity wort in no time at all. With a 'DaaB's Flying Starter'â„¢ my last beer finished out fine in just 36hrs...

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Post by Horden Hillbilly » Mon Sep 29, 2008 8:43 pm

Using S04 yeast the wort has gone from 1044 down to 1012 already
SO4 does have a reputation for fast fermenting, had you used Nottingham it probably have not been as quick.
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Post by spearmint-wino » Mon Sep 29, 2008 9:00 pm

Horden Hillbilly wrote:SO4 does have a reputation for fast fermenting, had you used Nottingham it probably have not been as quick.
Interesting you say that as I've had similarly fast fermentations with Nottingham, although IME S-04 does seem to be the more robust of the two.

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Post by Aleman » Mon Sep 29, 2008 10:05 pm

Horden Hillbilly wrote:SO4 does have a reputation for fast fermenting, had you used Nottingham it probably have not been as quick.
Hmmmm . . . Depends on how much you pitch. I've had Nottingham ferment 1.092 - 1.025 in 48 hours . . . I've also had SO4 finish a 1.038 beer in 36, and very similar performance from Windsor
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Post by Parva » Mon Sep 29, 2008 11:29 pm

I've used SO4 in every brew I've done so far and without exception it's munched its way through the sugars in 48 hours. I'm going to experiment with Nottingham and Windsor over the coming weeks but can safely say that SO4 is just mental! :)
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Post by hoppingMad » Tue Sep 30, 2008 5:03 am

It all depends on the temp.
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Post by Jymbo » Tue Sep 30, 2008 10:21 pm

I'll go with that. I've had S-04 finish in 3 days at 21-22C but it can take 7 days at 18-19C.
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Post by ChrisG » Wed Oct 01, 2008 8:44 am

finished at 1012 and bottled it last night.
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Post by Madbrewer » Wed Oct 01, 2008 10:34 am

ChrisG wrote:finished at 1012 and bottled it last night.
Mine fermented fast too, I Mashed mine 27/9 & it was down to 1.010-1.011 by Monday evening 29/9. I have now put into an airlocked wine fermenter to drop bright & will transfer to plastic barrel on Friday for two - three weeks conditioning before drinking.

Three days ferment & then bottling the brew seems like a really fast turnaround. How clear did the brew look?
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