Waratah67
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I was watching a Youtube clip (Chop and Brew I think) and the guy they were filming (a US craft brewer) started gently stirring up his yeast on day three with a long spoon. He said yeast tend to get "lazy" and stirring them gets more contact with sugars to drop the FG and clean up off flavors. He seemed to think the benefits offset the risks of infection.
So I have tried it with my last couple of brews and definitely seems to drop the FG an extra 2 or 3 points and creates a cleaner mouth feel (not sure about flavour though) - no infection issues.
Does anyone else do this?
So I have tried it with my last couple of brews and definitely seems to drop the FG an extra 2 or 3 points and creates a cleaner mouth feel (not sure about flavour though) - no infection issues.
Does anyone else do this?