Woodforde Headcracker X 2

[brewin_bear]

Thinking of doing a Headcracker soon, but the though of only 24 pints in a keg seems a waste of space. SO....

How about using two packs and making up to 40 pints instead of the 48? Now this would increase the alcohol content a lttle and I was wondering about using a different yeast than the stuff that comes with the kit, say safebrew 33 for example. What do you reckon?

Cheers

Clive

[Garth]

aye, that would work, in fact there was someone either on here or another forum who has done that,

maybe use two packets of yeast as you're getting into 8% territory?

[brewin_bear]

Thanks, seems like a plan then

[burgo]

Question: How high do these yeasties generally go before they get pickled ??

Sounds good though, Woodies is a great pint.

[Garth]

IIRC most of the standard dry yeasts eg S-04, Nottingham etc can get up to 12% or thereabouts

[brewin_bear]

S-33 goes well at 7.5% and can go up to 11.5% (according to the spec anyway), hence why choosing that. Not so sure about the standard packet yeaset or S-04 as the specs I found don't state alcohol tollerance.