Gelatin, BioFine or Niether?

[Bigbre04]

I know that ratios would be different given your batch size but assuming a small batch, would you go with two sachets of dry yeast or like 1.5?

I am "rebrewing" my SNPA clone next week. The batch in the keg is good but a little hazy. No big deal for me but curious.

You would need to use a calculator to be sure.

for your reference point i am pitching 250grams of dry yeast into roughly 76gals of wort. at that ratio, you would need roughly 16 grams of dry yeast for a 5 gal batch.

 

[Mike at Bay]

You would need to use a calculator to be sure.

for your reference point i am pitching 250grams of dry yeast into roughly 76gals of wort. at that ratio, you would need roughly 16 grams of dry yeast for a 5 gal batch.

Got it. Thanks.

 

[Mike at Bay]

So if I understand the yeast calculator here....

If I wanted to pitch an Ale at 75 Million per ml (pro brewer 0.75) for an ale. I would increase the grams of dry yeast until I get to "green" in the billions of cells needed. I also understand that the pro brewer amount might be considered high for a home brewer.

My calc showed to get to pro brewer of 0.75 I would need almost two packs (20g) of say SA-05. I could obviously back off of that if I decided not to go that heavy.

I assume over pitching to an extreme does have some potential side effects.

 

[Bigbre04]

So if I understand the yeast calculator here....

If I wanted to pitch an Ale at 75 Million per ml (pro brewer 0.75) for an ale. I would increase the grams of dry yeast until I get to "green" in the billions of cells needed. I also understand that the pro brewer amount might be considered high for a home brewer.

My calc showed to get to pro brewer of 0.75 I would need almost two packs (20g) of say SA-05. I could obviously back off of that if I decided not to go that heavy.

I assume over pitching to an extreme does have some potential side effects.

not a whole lot of negative side effects. i would say that 2 packs(20g) would be a safe level? my pitching rate is close to 16g/5Gals

 

[BarbarianBrewer]

With yeast you just need to be in the ballpark. Don't stress about being a little, or even moderately, over or under the target pitch rate. Healthy yeast are far more important than cell count.

 

[Craigerrr]

My tanks get down to 2.5-5C depending if on if they are a double batch or a single batch. both get very clear either in the tank or on the draft system w/o finings.

i know it sounds strange, but i think that overpitching helps alot with the final clarity of the beer as the yeast doesnt go crazy growing and gets to work more quickly and cleanly.

Interesting, thanks

 

[Bigbre04]

Interesting, thanks

carbing a kolsch that finished fermentation yesturday, crashed it over night. its down to 4.5c. left the tank with 17psi of head pressure on it and this morning it is crystal clear. carbing it right now, will package it once the carb is done in about an hour or so. its a Dolcita single hopped kolsch 5.3% pretty good!

 

[Brew Cat]

besides a healthy pitch yeast strain is important as well
switch up your yeast strain
US-04 and Nottingham work well IMO