6 Litres Of Thick Yeast Slurry After Fermentation

[SJW]

I brewed my Weizen Doppelbock a few weeks agao and pitched 400mls of 3068 yeast slurry I had in the fridge for the past 6 months. I got it going in a 2 litre flask first then pitched it all into the 1.090 wort and fermented at 17 deg C.
To my amazment when it had finished and after I crash chilled it there was over 6 litres of yeast slurry on the bottom of the fermenter, way way over the top of the tap. It was a shame to tip it all down the drain but I suspect it was all shot to the shite house after chewing threw that lot.
Anyway this bad boy tastes great and is sitting in a keg under a little c02 conditioning until July when I will crack it for the Tour De France viewing.


#83 Weizen Doppelbock

Type: All Grain
Date: 20/01/2009
Batch Size: 27.00 L
Brewer: Stephen Wright
Boil Size: 33.09 L Asst Brewer:
Boil Time: 75 min Equipment: My Gear
Taste Rating(out of 50): 0.0 Brewhouse Efficiency: 62.00
Taste Notes:

Ingredients

Amount Item Type % or IBU
6500.00 gm Wheat Malt, Dark (Weyermann) (13.8 EBC) Grain 54.17 %
1500.00 gm Carawheat (Weyermann) (98.5 EBC) Grain 12.50 %
1500.00 gm Munich II (Weyermann) (16.7 EBC) Grain 12.50 %
1500.00 gm Premium Pilsner (Weyermann) (2.2 EBC) Grain 12.50 %
500.00 gm Chocolate Wheat (Weyermann) (1100.0 EBC) Grain 4.17 %
50.00 gm Northern Brewer [6.50 %] (60 min) Hops 22.4 IBU
50.00 gm Tettnang [4.90 %] (10 min) Hops 6.1 IBU
0.50 items Whirlfloc Tablet (Boil 15.0 min) Misc
11.00 gm PH 5.2 Stabilizer (Mash 60.0 min) Misc
500.00 gm Sugar, Table (Sucrose) (2.0 EBC) Sugar 4.17 %
1 Pkgs Weihenstephan Weizen (Wyeast Labs #3068) Yeast-Wheat



Beer Profile

Est Original Gravity: 1.090 SG
Measured Original Gravity: 1.090 SG
Est Final Gravity: 1.021 SG Measured Final Gravity: 1.020 SG
Estimated Alcohol by Vol: 9.03 % Actual Alcohol by Vol: 9.18 %
Bitterness: 28.6 IBU Calories: 882 cal/l
Est Color: 82.0 EBC Color: Color


Mash Profile

Mash Name: Decoction Mash, Double Total Grain Weight: 11500.00 gm
Sparge Water: 14.61 L Grain Temperature: 20.0 C
Sparge Temperature: 75.6 C TunTemperature: 20.0 C
Adjust Temp for Equipment: TRUE Mash PH: 5.4 PH

Decoction Mash, Double Step Time Name Description Step Temp
10 min Protein Rest Add 30.00 L of water at 60.1 C 55.0 C
60 min Saccharification Decoct 8.33 L of mash and boil it 65.0 C
10 min Mash Out Decoct 11.36 L of mash and boil it 75.6 C

 

[raven19]

Depending on how the aussies go in the race, you may needd a second keg of this!

6 Litres is a lot. I still would be inclined to capture a couple of 500ml batches of the yeast if its low generation...? Then again 1.090, 9& alc is a big beer!

 

[mckenry]

How did you get the beer out? Surely not through the tap then?

 

[SJW]

Yes, I just opened the tap till it ran clear, then transfered to the keg. I lost about 2 litres though.
I don't know anyway around this other than using a glass carboy and siphoning the beer out over the top, for big beers only though.

Steve

 

[jonocarroll]

I don't know anyway around this other than using a glass carboy and siphoning the beer out over the top, for big beers only though.

I had this problem lately (several inches of slurry/trub in the fermenter) and I took the advice from somewhere on this forum - I racked to secondary then chilled that with the fermenter at a steep angle so the tap wasn't covered. Seems to have given me the space to get the beer out - I'll find out tomorrow when I bottle it.

 

[Ross]

Yes, I just opened the tap till it ran clear, then transfered to the keg. I lost about 2 litres though.
I don't know anyway around this other than using a glass carboy and siphoning the beer out over the top, for big beers only though.

Steve

Steve,

Easy to siphon out of the fermenter, just chill as cold as possible & the yeast will compact down quite well. I do the same with my chocolate/fruit beers that create a lot of slurry.

cheers Ross

 

[Thirsty Boy]

+1 on Ross's suggestion. Cold crashing it down to nearly zero for a week or so, might get you another litre or two of drinkable beer

 

[Hutch]

Alcohol by Vol: 9.18 %

...and you expect to stay awake watching the TDF?