Coopers Imperial Stout

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Re: Coopers Imperial Stout

Post by bazookajoe » Wed Feb 29, 2012 11:45 pm

Excellent!

Blow off tube, might prove entertaining, please be sure to get a photo of it!

I'm off to the homebrew shop tomorrow to get the kits for this. I'll be making sure I get photo evidence of the full blow this time.

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Re: Coopers Imperial Stout

Post by AceMcAce » Wed Feb 29, 2012 11:49 pm

It's mental mixing this one up. I'd added half the water I needed, was giving it a good thrashing, and it was still like mixing thick treacle. Wasn't much easier at 20L. The froth from the mixing wouldn't die down, I understand now why they tell you to rehydrate the yeast on it. Otherwise, it'd just get stuck in the foam!

I fully expect to see the garage door sitting somewhere in next door's garden in the morning.
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Re: Coopers Imperial Stout

Post by bazookajoe » Wed Feb 29, 2012 11:51 pm

It's on!

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Re: Coopers Imperial Stout

Post by bazookajoe » Wed Feb 29, 2012 11:54 pm

I remember seeing the very impressive Coopers brain stage before going to bed, and thinking it might be ok, bigger FV might just keep it in. Different story in the morning of course. If only they could harness that energy!

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Re: Coopers Imperial Stout

Post by AceMcAce » Wed Feb 29, 2012 11:56 pm

I've got it in a 32L FV with a 3/4" blow off tube fitted to the top. I'm not confident in the slightest.

If it starts to escape, what's the best course of action? just leave it? or push the lid back on?
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Re: Coopers Imperial Stout

Post by Monkeybrew » Wed Feb 29, 2012 11:58 pm

bazookajoe wrote:It's on!

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:lol: =D> :lol: =D>
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Conditioning:
AG#41 - Vienna Lager - 5.6%
AG#42 - Heritage Double Ale - 10.5%

On Tap:
AG#44 - Harvest ESB - 5.4%
AG#45 - Amarillo Gold APA - 5.2%

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Re: Coopers Imperial Stout

Post by bazookajoe » Thu Mar 01, 2012 12:10 am

AceMcAce wrote:I it starts to escape, what's the best course of action? just leave it? or push the lid back on?
I just left it to go, I always just leave the lid cracked off a bit at one side on all brews, mine started behaving again after a day of the full blow. I'm sure I remember a joke from way back about a monkey, a cork and an elephant, I can't remember the joke clearly but I've got that picture in my head. I racked into a clean 5 gallon FV when the initial ferment subsided cos the 7 gallon FV it started out in was a hell of a mess.

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Re: Coopers Imperial Stout

Post by AceMcAce » Thu Mar 01, 2012 12:13 am

bazookajoe wrote: I just left it to go, I always just leave the lid cracked off a bit at one side on all brews, mine started behaving again after a day of the full blow. I'm sure I remember a joke from way back about a monkey, a cork and an elephant, I can't remember the joke clearly but I've got that picture in my head. I racked into a clean 5 gallon FV when the initial ferment subsided cos the 7 gallon FV it started out in was a hell of a mess.
Awwww balls. My other FV has a coopers ginger beer in it (which has been going for about 3 and a half weeks now with no sign of stopping), and the 3rd one is only good for bottling.

Trip to the shop next week maybe!

When this is done, what do you recommend for priming?
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Re: Coopers Imperial Stout

Post by bazookajoe » Thu Mar 01, 2012 12:33 am

My bigger FV also didn't have a tap so that was another reason for racking. I primed with bog standard sugar. Aww man, if it wasn't so late i'd be having one now.

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Re: Coopers Imperial Stout

Post by AceMcAce » Thu Mar 01, 2012 12:36 am

bazookajoe wrote:My bigger FV also didn't have a tap so that was another reason for racking. I primed with bog standard sugar. Aww man, if it wasn't so late i'd be having one now.
It's never too late. Plus, I'm pretty sure it would help you sleep.

I always prime with bog standard sugar. I was just wondering how much? 1/2 tsp per 500ml bottle? how much for batch priming the full 20L?

When making this, I was tempted to start it off with about 12L of water in, and add the other 8 when it had died down, but in reality I couldn't be arsed.
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Re: Coopers Imperial Stout

Post by AceMcAce » Thu Mar 01, 2012 10:01 am

Status Update:

Garage door still in tact, nothing blowing up yet. Steady bubbling in the blow off bottle, temp at 16.9 when I went down this morning.
Upped controller to 19 degrees, see how that works out!
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Re: Coopers Imperial Stout

Post by bazookajoe » Wed Mar 07, 2012 8:21 pm

Did the garage survive? I'm worried it's taken out the house.

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Re: Coopers Imperial Stout

Post by Monkeybrew » Wed Mar 07, 2012 9:17 pm

Maybe the spew got him, a bit like the Blob!
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Conditioning:
AG#41 - Vienna Lager - 5.6%
AG#42 - Heritage Double Ale - 10.5%

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AG#44 - Harvest ESB - 5.4%
AG#45 - Amarillo Gold APA - 5.2%

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Re: Coopers Imperial Stout

Post by AceMcAce » Thu Mar 08, 2012 11:06 pm

Everything survived! I took the extra precaution of taping the lid down with parcel tape. The blow off tube worked a treat, it all stayed in the bucked. Although, the inside of the bucket lid and all up the sides are coated in dried up krausen stuff.

As it's all sterile in there, can I just leave it like this til it's finished? I don't have to rack it off or anything do I?
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Re: Coopers Imperial Stout

Post by AceMcAce » Sun Mar 18, 2012 8:13 pm

18 days in the FV, it's dropped from 1089 to 1020, so it's about 9.25% at the minute. I'll leave it for another week and then bottle it.

It tastes fantastic! Very warming too.

I can't wait to actually drink the finished product....in 2013
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