rick_huggins wrote:
Got exactly 19l into the FV which I'm chuffed about, I'm constantly hitting my target volumnes and my efficiency's are up in the mid 90's according to beeralchemy.
What I am noticing though is that my Expected ABV's are too high for the recipe; is this because my target efficiencies are set for 75%?
Do you mean that your gravity prior to pitching yeast is higher than you expected? If that is so then yes it is because you are getting higher efficiencies than the 75% of your target efficiencies. You will get to know your average efficiency after a few and then just use that as your target efficiency. You will find that it will be fairly consistant unless you do some of the more extreme recipes.
rick_huggins wrote:Also made a lucky save (hopefully), whilst going out to check the temp I noticed my FV tap had a slight leak which I tried and failed to repair. I've had to decant the entire brew into a plastic carboy, give it a shake and hope for the best. All of which was probably no less than 40mins from initial transfer to the FV!
How long had it been in the FV? Once the yeast is pitched it is best not to allow any air to get in contact with the beer, so shaking is not a good idea. Use a pipe that reached the bottom of both FV's and syphon/use your tap to transfer. If you were worried about lack of yeast you can always make sure some of the slurry gets transfered over with it.
Edit: Re-reading it seems as if you had only just pitched your original yeast so what I said doesn't apply. The beer will be fine and atleast you've given it a good aeration!
