Yeah my bad habit is probably more the making of sudden changes and not keeping good notes so if its good I'm not sure I can replicate it again. Then again I probably wouldn't follow my notes next time anyway [emoji1787]
I've never been able to watch my yeast ferment but it sounds unusual for 3068. I would ferment around 20-21C but dont think 18.5 should cause it to drop out. Can you take a hydrometer reading to check its not the tilt reading wrong?
Even without a starter it should be fermenting. Low pitch rates...
Basically lower temps reduce ester production by the yeast giving a "cleaner" fermentation while warmer temps will increase esters. Depending on yeast strain this can be a good or bad thing. English strains can give fruity or floral esters so fermentimg warm within the temp range of the yeast...
Keep the recipe simple, use a noble hop variety like hallertau for german or saaz for czech pils and make sure you have a healthy yeast starter. Also mash at a low temp (i usually go for 65C) to keep the finished beer dry.
Hey yeah went really well, ferment took off quickly and dropped nice and clear as always. I made a sparkling ale which I'm drinking now. Nice dry with a slight bubble gum ester. Took some yeast samples after fermentation to culture back up for bext time. Maybe see how it goes in a big hoppy pale...
Gone a bit quiet on this thread so thought I'd bring out the shovel and dig it up. Found a vial of this in the back of my fridge that I'd forgotten about. Nearly a year past it's use by date, made a starter to see if its still viable and its gone off like a frog in a sock! Just pitched it into a...
Was there a few weeks ago, Hemingway brewery is good but the bottleshops I found were pretty basic unless you get excited about a choice of great northern classic or great northern super dry
Seems like an obvious point but always make sure you have given the wort a good stir before taking your gravity sample too. If it's not well mixed after sparging you will be measuring a more diluted sample than the actual wort. I made this mistake on my first AG brew and thought I had mid...
Yeah I had that thought and don't really have a problem with a brewery not filling another brewers growler. I suppose it could open a whole can of worms, good job I like the beers from the original brewey and it's not too far out of my way on the drive home from work
Cool that was my feeling too, just wanted to check because I was at a small brewery yesterday who said they didn't fill outside growler so wanted to check whether I had committed some gross error of growler ownership [emoji482]
I have a growler with a brewery's logo on it that I won in my club's raffle. Is it considered rude if I rock up to another brewery (one that does growler fills obviously) with this and ask for a fill up?