using up my supplies what can i brew?
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orlando
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Re: using up my supplies what can i brew?
Interested in being kept updated on the progress of the fermentation, particularly the attenuation.
I am "The Little Red Brooster"
Fermenting:
Conditioning:
Drinking: Southwold Again,
Up Next: John Barleycorn (Barley Wine)
Planning: Winter drinking Beer
Fermenting:
Conditioning:
Drinking: Southwold Again,
Up Next: John Barleycorn (Barley Wine)
Planning: Winter drinking Beer
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boingy
Re: using up my supplies what can i brew?
Big White Snowflake and the Wrinkly Pea is a great name for a band but neither of them sound like something you want to put in your precious wort.barney wrote:Hello Orlando, I managed to grow two other things. I wish I had photographed them now and looked at them under the microscope.
One was a big white snowflake type set up with long white spikes in all directions up to an inch long. The other was a small flat red wrinkled thing which was about the size of a small pea.
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barney
Re: using up my supplies what can i brew?
After seeing the starter I expect fermentation to be problematic and attenuation low. The reason being that the yeast likes to flocculate so much.orlando wrote:Interested in being kept updated on the progress of the fermentation, particularly the attenuation.
Several times I gave the flask a shake and the yeast layer broke up into slabs, kinda like crazy paving. Left another 24 hrs it was the same again.
The yeast was plated from a bottle and then a single colony transferred to two slopes, when established the two slopes then put in a 300ml starter which after 4 days put into a litre. Three days later drain the wort and pitch the concrete. Not very scientific I know but I have not a clue how many cells there are.
Anyway, 16 hrs in, I dont know when it kicked off I was in bed. Its currently 2" thick but has a nice dome shape to it so think it has a bit to go. Fingers crossed its as tasty as the starter.
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orlando
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Re: using up my supplies what can i brew?
Looks like a good start but then so did mine. If you can be arsed to take daily SG readings that would give some useful clues as to how it's going. I have read about forced ferment tests to see where a brew should finish with any given yeast so at some time I must start doing this.
I am "The Little Red Brooster"
Fermenting:
Conditioning:
Drinking: Southwold Again,
Up Next: John Barleycorn (Barley Wine)
Planning: Winter drinking Beer
Fermenting:
Conditioning:
Drinking: Southwold Again,
Up Next: John Barleycorn (Barley Wine)
Planning: Winter drinking Beer
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barney
Re: using up my supplies what can i brew?
What did yours end up at?orlando wrote:Looks like a good start but then so did mine. If you can be arsed to take daily SG readings that would give some useful clues as to how it's going. I have read about forced ferment tests to see where a brew should finish with any given yeast so at some time I must start doing this.
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orlando
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Re: using up my supplies what can i brew?
1.018!
I am "The Little Red Brooster"
Fermenting:
Conditioning:
Drinking: Southwold Again,
Up Next: John Barleycorn (Barley Wine)
Planning: Winter drinking Beer
Fermenting:
Conditioning:
Drinking: Southwold Again,
Up Next: John Barleycorn (Barley Wine)
Planning: Winter drinking Beer
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barney
Re: using up my supplies what can i brew?
Super FG for a Porter, certain to be a mighty fine beer.