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prodigal2
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by prodigal2 » Sat Jun 16, 2007 1:03 pm
Wez I hope you have not overdone it so you can't hold your pint later on
Wort beating is very satisfying, though can be a pain in the wrist.
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Wez
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by Wez » Sat Jun 16, 2007 1:06 pm
DaaB wrote:Would it upset you if I told you all that o2 could increase the the lag time and the yeast will spend more time in the adaptive phase now
Yes.
How long should I aerate for? I went for a 5 min thrashing.
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prodigal2
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by prodigal2 » Sat Jun 16, 2007 1:07 pm
DaaB wrote:Would it upset you if I told you all that o2 could increase the the lag time and the yeast will spend more time in the adaptive phase now
I'm hoping that is humor DaaB as Q has me a tad confused at the moment.
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bandit
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by bandit » Sat Jun 16, 2007 1:16 pm
For the last four all grains I have made a 1 litre starter the night before with spraymalt, cooled it to 20 deg C and then thrown in a packet of dried yeast. I then stick a ball of cotton wool in the neck and leave it overnight. The next day at pitching time i shake the hell out of the 2 litre pet bottle first thing in the morning and again before chucking it in the fermenting bucket, no problems so far.
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prodigal2
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by prodigal2 » Sat Jun 16, 2007 1:22 pm
DaaB wrote:It's something I heard mentioned the other day and it kind of made sense, I think you'd have to aerate it a lot more than that to make a noticeable difference though,besides I wouldn't hold back on aeration for the sake of a shorter lag time, you will still get a very healthy fermentation from all that o2 so the effort isn't wasted, you may well find your reward is better beer.
Unless you are running a very big brewery(where time is money) why would lag time be of any concern?
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Wez
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by Wez » Sat Jun 16, 2007 1:34 pm
Update 1, 1hr after pitching
Got loads of 'stuff' settle at the bottom (about 3/4") after 45 mins this started to rise to the top in large lumps! (see below).
BTW, before I start a Light Strike debate, in between pics the FV is covered by a thick black bag
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DRB
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by DRB » Sat Jun 16, 2007 1:45 pm
What hopping rate did you use after wez?did you keep it the same or did you up it.
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Wez
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by Wez » Sat Jun 16, 2007 1:48 pm
DRB wrote:What hopping rate did you use after wez?did you keep it the same or did you up it.
Hi DRB, I ended up using 22g for 90 mins instead of 17g which according to BeerSmith will give an EBU of around 32. so not a huge difference, looking forward to trying this one, how does the colour look to you?
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Wez
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by Wez » Sat Jun 16, 2007 1:53 pm
Update 2, 1hr 20mins after pitching...the airlock started bubbling
EDIT - Typo.
Last edited by Wez on Sat Jun 16, 2007 1:54 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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DRB
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by DRB » Sat Jun 16, 2007 1:53 pm
Hard to tell looking at that it makes the beer look darker than it really is.When it's in a pint glass it looks a golden colour.
Very quick to gurgle there tidy.
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prodigal2
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by prodigal2 » Sat Jun 16, 2007 2:01 pm
Wez wrote:Update 2, 1hr 20mins after pitching...the airlock started bubbling
EDIT - Typo.
So no real lag time there Wez. Bubbling away by lunch time, thats a fine brewing day, and you still have time to"check"all your other brews
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J_P
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by J_P » Sat Jun 16, 2007 2:57 pm
Top work Wez - I did the same with my yeast hopefully mine will get the same sort of boost yours did. What yeast was it?
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Wez
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by Wez » Sat Jun 16, 2007 3:02 pm
J_P wrote:Top work Wez - I did the same with my yeast hopefully mine will get the same sort of boost yours did. What yeast was it?
Safeale s-04, it's bubbling quite regularly now (3pm 2.5hrs after pitching) no krausen yet tho.
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Wez
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by Wez » Sat Jun 16, 2007 3:31 pm
3pm, it looks like the start of a krausen.
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Vossy1
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by Vossy1 » Sat Jun 16, 2007 3:40 pm
Got to love S04
