Koo wee brew Posted July 18, 2018 Share Posted July 18, 2018 On 7/13/2018 at 8:13 PM, Koo wee brew said: A stalled English bitter Roused the Yeast and upped the temperature. Done (Well I think so...... FG 1014?)(Stable over a couple of readings. Only got it to drop a couple of points) Calculators and experience suggest that it should get to 1010 or there abouts. FV samples taste like it's well attenuated. It tastes great actually. Maybe it's a function of the crystal and chocolate rye? Recipe- EB Coopers EB kit 500g LIght DME 100g Gladfields Crystal Rye 50g Gladfields Chocolate Rye 21 L S-04 @ 19C F's me , this will be Kegged, I don't know if I'd like to bottle this. Cheers Dave. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otto Von Blotto Posted July 19, 2018 Author Share Posted July 19, 2018 Just pitched my German lager. I had the cube in the brew fridge since about 5.15am, took it out around half an hour ago and tipped into the FV. Oxygen, yeast then into the fridge and set up the temp control. By the time it stabilised it was sitting on 11C so pretty much at ferment temp which I'm happy with. I daresay in summer I'll have to chill the cube overnight to get it down though. OG on this batch was 1.0513, giving a brewhouse efficiency of 77.8% in 21 litres. It will stay at 10C until 5-6 days have passed and the SG is down in the low 1.020s at which point I'll let it free rise inside the fridge to 18C. I'll be trialling a slightly different cold conditioning method on this batch, dropping the temp back to 12C after its week or so at 18, and then 2C per day down to 4C where it will sit for a week and a half or so before being kegged. Interested to see if this makes a difference to the usual crash straight to 0C I had been doing up until now. It's sitting on 10.2C at the moment so under an hour to ferment temp, that's pretty good going. Gonna have to keep doing this cube chilling I think, I don't really like pitching way over the ferment temp. Cheers Kelsey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tja1980 Posted July 20, 2018 Share Posted July 20, 2018 Just took a reading of me Pilsner I put in a fortnight ago, sitting at 1021, will do another check Sunday hope its not stalled, my only concern is the first dry hop addition I added have been in there 10 days, the color does look great though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otto Von Blotto Posted July 20, 2018 Author Share Posted July 20, 2018 At that SG it could well be stalled. It should have reached FG by a fortnight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackSands Posted July 20, 2018 Share Posted July 20, 2018 Back to my English roots again with a fairly straight forward partial-mash Bitter: 1 x Coopers OS lager can 1.6kg Gladfield Ale Malt 200g Gladfield Dark Crystal 200g Gladfield Medium Crystal 200g Sugar 30g Fuggles (NZ) 15mins 30g Fuggles (NZ) 30min post-boil steep Fermentis S-04 60 min mash @ 66ºC | SG=1.044 | IBU=28 | EBC=19 | ABV=4.5% | Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otto Von Blotto Posted July 21, 2018 Author Share Posted July 21, 2018 The German lager is finally showing visible signs of fermentation, thin foam layer on top this morning. It's 48 hours since pitching but I'd suspect the foam began appearing 4-6 hours ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tja1980 Posted July 21, 2018 Share Posted July 21, 2018 10 hours ago, Otto Von Blotto said: At that SG it could well be stalled. It should have reached FG by a fortnight. Hoping it hasn't I'll dry hop the APA I put down last weekend this morning on the bright side Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beer Baron Posted July 22, 2018 Share Posted July 22, 2018 My Bohemian Pils is in the fermenter. Excited about this one!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tja1980 Posted July 22, 2018 Share Posted July 22, 2018 @Beer Baron sexy SS @Otto Von Blotto I think I picked up some of the yeast cake with the wine thief, drew some off into the test tube from the spigot and its at 1016, will see what it does tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hairy Posted July 22, 2018 Share Posted July 22, 2018 Some nice brew porn there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tja1980 Posted July 22, 2018 Share Posted July 22, 2018 Just dry hopped me APA that has been in the fermenter for a week, with 22g (wasn't going to wrap up 2g that was left in the pack) of Galaxy and 35g of Summer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tja1980 Posted July 24, 2018 Share Posted July 24, 2018 Pilsner is at 1012 from 1016 after I thought it stalled at 1020, recipe is 1012-1016, what is the harm of me cold crashing it now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otto Von Blotto Posted July 24, 2018 Author Share Posted July 24, 2018 You'll probably want to let the yeast clean up a bit before you crash it. Do you know how long it's been sitting at 1.012? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tja1980 Posted July 24, 2018 Share Posted July 24, 2018 1 minute ago, Otto Von Blotto said: You'll probably want to let the yeast clean up a bit before you crash it. Do you know how long it's been sitting at 1.012? Most likely 36 hours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tja1980 Posted July 24, 2018 Share Posted July 24, 2018 I'll let it keep going and see what it does tomorrow i'm not in any rush its got great color nice golden but cloudy asf, had a little taste and tastes quite pleasant specially after a cold glass of water I can taste the malt and hop so I think this might be a great drop , cheers for your help and experience too Otto Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otto Von Blotto Posted July 24, 2018 Author Share Posted July 24, 2018 Yeah give it 2-3 more days, should be long enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tja1980 Posted July 24, 2018 Share Posted July 24, 2018 1 minute ago, Otto Von Blotto said: Yeah give it 2-3 more days, should be long enough. Will do man Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elLachlano Posted July 24, 2018 Share Posted July 24, 2018 On 7/22/2018 at 5:17 PM, Beer Baron said: My Bohemian Pils is in the fermenter. Excited about this one!! Good to see the guys with bling fermenting kit still rely on a bit of the ol' gaffer tape engineering... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beer Baron Posted July 24, 2018 Share Posted July 24, 2018 Yeah I don’t have a bling method to hide the temperature probe........Yet ha ha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otto Von Blotto Posted July 24, 2018 Author Share Posted July 24, 2018 1 hour ago, Beer Baron said: Yeah I don’t have a bling method to hide the temperature probe........Yet ha ha Thermowell! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hairy Posted July 24, 2018 Share Posted July 24, 2018 1 hour ago, Beer Baron said: Yeah I don’t have a bling method to hide the temperature probe........Yet ha ha Silver tape. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otto Von Blotto Posted July 24, 2018 Author Share Posted July 24, 2018 Tested the lager today, sitting around 1.033 after 5 days so should be on track to raise the temp controller up to 18 tomorrow evening. The hydrometer is sitting in the sample on the keg fridge so I'll leave it there until it stops dropping for a ballpark FG figure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hermoor Posted July 24, 2018 Share Posted July 24, 2018 Over the last couple of days I bottled the Green Neck Lager, love the taste of this already. I also am trying to save some of this yeast. I also bottled the TC Brew A IPA, I'm a bit disappointed not quite what I was expecting but it's still beer. After bottling I sorted out my beer stores, I think I must suffer from a fear of no beer, I have 152 long necks stored, I need to get drinking! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beer Baron Posted July 24, 2018 Share Posted July 24, 2018 54 minutes ago, Otto Von Blotto said: Thermowell! It has one but I just want to cover up the hole so the air doesn’t get it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otto Von Blotto Posted July 24, 2018 Author Share Posted July 24, 2018 6 hours ago, Beer Baron said: It has one but I just want to cover up the hole so the air doesn’t get it. Isn't it meant to be sealed against air getting in? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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