Yeah, the helles is dangerously sensational, 4 schooners can disappear pretty fast....MHB said:Helles can be delicious, tasted Les (the wheaty ones) Helles at the club last Friday, bloody good, dangerously so if you are driving.
Sounds like a fair investment on your O2 system, at 9oC you finished faster, got better attenuation and the beer tastes better.
Be interesting to see how it responds to the bigger yeast cake/pitch.
Mark
I pitched a lot of starter yeast, 3 x 3 ltrs all decanted down of course, chilled to 9 degrees, then set controller to 12. It took over night to rise, to 12, then approx 36 hr lag then away she went at approx 12-13 psi. For 44 ltr batch.
Pitched latest batch last night same, chilled to 9, I brewed in morning, filled cubes, dumped them into my swimming pool, they dropped to pool temp in about 2 hrs, then into one of my Chesties which took 6 hrs to pull em down to 9. Siphoned into the kegmenter which was sitting at 9, O2 ,set to 12. Tonight (24 hrs) it well away at 13 psi.
Prob be done in 7 days, then cc for a week, then pressure transfer thru my filter into my 2 cornies.
I won't reuse the cake again, prob be to big after 2 runs plus I have another batch and trying diff yeast.
Cheers