DRB Bramling Beauty / Yeast 'Healthy Debate'

[Ross]

back on topic - the Bramling beauty looks great, but i'd personally be upping the bittering a tad as well...

cheers Ross

[Wez]

back on topic - the Bramling beauty looks great, but i'd personally be upping the bittering a tad as well...

cheers Ross

Going to have a tinker with the bitterness, BC arrived today and is 7.0AA will have a play in beersmith a bit and may up the EBU and the target OG. Will be going with DaaB's flying starter though . Get the feeling there might be a couple of interested people on the result!

[Vossy1]

Don't let me down Wez

Ha ha....enjoy your brew Wez....no pressure

[Wez]

In practice 1 sachet of Safale 04 or Nottingham proves more than adequate for a 1040 wort.


(Don't let me down Wez )

Oh FFS!

[SteveD]

Look Wez, instead of messing around with billion cell yeast mathematics, theorisation, postulation, and assumption....just bung another friggin pack in. Then there's definitely, beyond all question, more than enough. I'd always rather have more than enough, than just enough. You know it makes sense.

Go Wez, go! We're all watching.

[Wez]

Look Wez, instead of messing around with billion cell yeast mathematics, theorisation, postulation, and assumption....just bung another friggin pack in. Then there's definitely, beyond all question, more than enough. I'd always rather have more than enough, than just enough. You know it makes sense.

Go Wez, go! We're all watching.

yes..but...where's the challenge in that though I do have extra yeast available but i'd like to try to prove the DaaB method. Bets anyone?

[Vossy1]

Bets yes...

I challenge you Wez to split your batch..putting 2 packs of yeast in one and one in another.

I want you to rehydrate the yeast in advance, put 1 dot on one fv and 2 dots on another (also with the yeast) and then tell Mrs Wez to put the yeast into either....her choice....so you dont know which is which

I want Mrs Wez to also taste the finnished products and give her decision on the best in her taste, for she should not know if 2 packs or one is best

And above all I want pics

[Vossy1]

And Wez

[SteveD]

Look Wez, instead of messing around with billion cell yeast mathematics, theorisation, postulation, and assumption....just bung another friggin pack in. Then there's definitely, beyond all question, more than enough. I'd always rather have more than enough, than just enough. You know it makes sense.

Go Wez, go! We're all watching.

yes..but...where's the challenge in that though I do have extra yeast available but i'd like to try to prove the DaaB method. Bets anyone?

We have enough challenges in brewing without voluntarily taking on more! I like Vossy's idea.

See, it's not black and white - a case of one 'works' and one doesn't. It will work, of course, either way. The more yeast camp merely maintain that all other things being equal, more yeast is BETTER.

[Vossy1]

Ps...I'm also quite happy to do this as I ferment 2 x 23ltr batches from one 46 ltr brew length

To arms on Sunday Wez....bros utd

[Wez]

Bets yes...

I challenge you Wez to split your batch..putting 2 packs of yeast in one and one in another.

I want you to rehydrate the yeast in advance, put 1 dot on one fv and 2 dots on another (also with the yeast) and then tell Mrs Wez to put the yeast into either....her choice....so you dont know which is which

I want Mrs Wez to also taste the finnished products and give her decision on the best in her taste, for she should not know if 2 packs or one is best

And above all I want pics

Annnndd a nice easy brew day turns into a feking 'mare!

[Vossy1]

Ah feck it then lets just get on with making nice tasting beer....

You know the yeast like it ...look at the results

[Wez]

I am going with this:

1. rehydrate yeast
2. draw off a 1/2-1pt from the boiler 15 mins into the boil.
3. cool it and add it to the rehydrated yeast
4. pour it all in to a PET bottle.
5. cap and shake the crap out of if
6. squeeze alot of the airspace out and cap.
7. pitch once the bottle 're-inflates' due to the co2 pressure

I'll take regular timed pics after pitching.

[Vossy1]

You know DaaB, on my latest brew the IPA from Ollossons book, one measly packet of S04 had a 3" head of yeast after 4 hrs in a 23ltr brew

I'm quite happy with that and until the resulting ale becomes un-suppable..long may it remain that way

I do however think we need a new subject divider on the forum for 'purist' thoughts so to speak. Where all idea's with regard to perfection in beer can be discussed with no regard to economy...

Not a bad idea really ....I think the Germans already have it in law.

[delboy]

Dude, i went and bottled some APA (dry hopped with 12 oz of cascades, jeez that hop is sweeeettt) with my work dude,and i log onto jim-bobs forum and find that youse dudes have gone and got all like confrontional on like respect my yeast pitiching rates dude, what gives.

Apologies for this p*ss poor paroady of our american brewing cousins .

Agree with Vossy, maybe we shoud have a brewing minutae section where we argue the toss over things that make no discernable difference to the beer