Nick JD
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So the power went off here on Sunday late, and only came back on Wednesday 7pm.
On Monday morning I put this in the fermenter (kettle chilled, no choice):
Simple Summer Quaffer
19L
3.3kg Wey Pils
50g Saaz 60 min
US05 200ml trub (from last batch, just kegged)
There was still a couple of esky icepack things in the freezer so I put them in the ferm fridge. Brew was at 25-26C ... might have got down to 24C before the ice ran out ... then straight to ambient +.
That's in the low 30s. Was considering just tipping it out but I thought it might as well run.
It's actually really very drinkable! Estery as all hell, with a touch of Saaz spice in the background. Tastes like there's some stonefruit hops in there late, TBH. No banana, more tropical stuff. Saaz spice.
No fusels. This is the real clincher. It had a good pitch of active yeast, and OG was low.
Something I would have never done deliberately, but something none the less I didn't expect to be quite so tasty. It's cold crashing now.
I won't do this again, but it really does make ya wonder sometimes.
On Monday morning I put this in the fermenter (kettle chilled, no choice):
Simple Summer Quaffer
19L
3.3kg Wey Pils
50g Saaz 60 min
US05 200ml trub (from last batch, just kegged)
There was still a couple of esky icepack things in the freezer so I put them in the ferm fridge. Brew was at 25-26C ... might have got down to 24C before the ice ran out ... then straight to ambient +.
That's in the low 30s. Was considering just tipping it out but I thought it might as well run.
It's actually really very drinkable! Estery as all hell, with a touch of Saaz spice in the background. Tastes like there's some stonefruit hops in there late, TBH. No banana, more tropical stuff. Saaz spice.
No fusels. This is the real clincher. It had a good pitch of active yeast, and OG was low.
Something I would have never done deliberately, but something none the less I didn't expect to be quite so tasty. It's cold crashing now.
I won't do this again, but it really does make ya wonder sometimes.