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Good Morning Brewers –
Just racked an IPA off the yeast cake –
Started ferment 3 weeks ago, nice healthy ferment, finished to 1010 about 2 weeks ago, cold crashed 6 days ago, added gelatine 4 days ago, was going to bottle last night, but ran out of time –
So I racked it off the yeast cake into a spare fermenter – it is back in ferment fridge cold. Will skip bottles, and perhaps go to keg on the weekend (when I get my first ones).
Anyhow – I had about 500mL beer left on the bottom, so I swirled the cake all up, and tipped about half of it into a sterilised longneck – its about half full – put some alfoil on the top, and stuck it in the fridge.
Now I did this so
1. I didn't waste it
2. I could come on AHB and ask you guys what to do with it..
3. Practice making a starter..
A lot of Q's:
Did I do this wrong to make a starter?
Does it need 'washing'
Is it any good seeing there's gelatine all through it?
It was Thomas C's Kit yeast.. is it worth using again?
Cheers
JD
Just racked an IPA off the yeast cake –
Started ferment 3 weeks ago, nice healthy ferment, finished to 1010 about 2 weeks ago, cold crashed 6 days ago, added gelatine 4 days ago, was going to bottle last night, but ran out of time –
So I racked it off the yeast cake into a spare fermenter – it is back in ferment fridge cold. Will skip bottles, and perhaps go to keg on the weekend (when I get my first ones).
Anyhow – I had about 500mL beer left on the bottom, so I swirled the cake all up, and tipped about half of it into a sterilised longneck – its about half full – put some alfoil on the top, and stuck it in the fridge.
Now I did this so
1. I didn't waste it
2. I could come on AHB and ask you guys what to do with it..
3. Practice making a starter..
A lot of Q's:
Did I do this wrong to make a starter?
Does it need 'washing'
Is it any good seeing there's gelatine all through it?
It was Thomas C's Kit yeast.. is it worth using again?
Cheers
JD