Holy Jamoly that's a lot of beer to brew in one day!After a few months off, ill be brewing Saturday with my son on law.
15 gallons IPA
15 gallons Kolsch
5 gallons American Amber
10 gallons Cider
5 Gallons apricot something
Now I understand what you meant by being "off" the GF is away...One of these days, I might play with it. On Sunday, I want a shorter brew day so I can go out and drink someone else's beer too. I might not get to my Sunday brewery next week when my girlfriend gets back from Ireland. I want to be able to enjoy as much as I can this weekend and still brew, boring or not.
Don, I got 300 for $12.99 if I go pick it up. It is only 20 minutes up the road, so I'm picking it up with the grain tomorrow.
I would pitch 2 packs of S04 at the beginning if it were meWhile I wait for my beer to finish conditioning in bottles, I’m planning my next beer. I want to make an imperial stout that’s around 11%. This will be a smaller batch at 3.5 gallons fermenting. So I was thinking of pitching a pack S04 and letting ferment for a week, and then pitching a pack of US05 to help finish fermentation. Anybody try this, thoughts?
At 3.5gal, you might not need more than one pack, and certainly not an entire second pack.While I wait for my beer to finish conditioning in bottles, I’m planning my next beer. I want to make an imperial stout that’s around 11%. This will be a smaller batch at 3.5 gallons fermenting. So I was thinking of pitching a pack S04 and letting ferment for a week, and then pitching a pack of US05 to help finish fermentation. Anybody try this, thoughts?
Got it, I just happen to have a pack of US05 on hand and I thought it might be useful. I’ll stick to 1 1/2 packs of S04. Thanks to you and @Sunfire96 for the feedback.At 3.5gal, you might not need more than one pack, and certainly not an entire second pack.
I'd like to see the target gravity first though.
I agree with @Sunfire96. Don't bother pitching a pack of US-05 a week after you pitch S-04. Assuming S-04 did its job, you would be pitching a full pack of yeast into wort with very little sugar left, with a lot of alcohol present and likely at a low-ish pH. None of that is a complete Red Flag, but it's enough to make me uneasy.
If you want to co-pitch them right from the get go, maybe. But even then, I would pitch far more S-04. Maybe a full pack of S-04 and just a smidge of US-05.
That said, I wouldn't co-pitch either. Again, as Sunfire said, I agree that the proper amount of S-04 at the beginning is the right way to go.
Good luck.
34/70 and anything Noble. Saaz was really good the last time.After I posted I remembered that you had one that was 100% Vienna Malt. Google research shows that the original Vienna Lagers were made that way. So I think I'll go that route. What hop(s) and yeast did you use?