soundawake
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Hi all
I've just put down a Coopers Sparkling Ale kit last night, didn't have any time to boil hops etc etc so I just stuck to the standard kit.
Its a fairly high gravity brew, being two cans of liquid extract, 500G of LDME and 300G of dex. Smashed my hydrometer (it fell down the cellar stairs!) before I could take a reading - d'oh!!
Last time I did this kit it turned out very ordinary, hydrometer readings were OK but it tasted like it wasn't fermented properly... last time I used the measly 7 grams of supplied yeast, so I don't think this was enough for all those ingredients.
So this time I bought some Whitelabs WLP-009 Australian Ale yeast, being the proper yeast Coopers actually use. When I pitched it, I shook the tube of yeast just as the instructions told me to, it failed to mention it gets fizzy when you open it though! Went everywhere. I got about 90% of the yeast in the brew though.
Fast forward 24 hours, things seem to be kicking off, but I noticed a great deal of the semi-solid chunks of yeast have risen up and are sitting on top of the fresh krausen instead of in the brew.
Given this brew needs all the yeast it can get, does anyone think this will be a problem? Obviously I loathe to take off the lid and stir unless I absolutely must.
Here's some photos -
I've just put down a Coopers Sparkling Ale kit last night, didn't have any time to boil hops etc etc so I just stuck to the standard kit.
Its a fairly high gravity brew, being two cans of liquid extract, 500G of LDME and 300G of dex. Smashed my hydrometer (it fell down the cellar stairs!) before I could take a reading - d'oh!!
Last time I did this kit it turned out very ordinary, hydrometer readings were OK but it tasted like it wasn't fermented properly... last time I used the measly 7 grams of supplied yeast, so I don't think this was enough for all those ingredients.
So this time I bought some Whitelabs WLP-009 Australian Ale yeast, being the proper yeast Coopers actually use. When I pitched it, I shook the tube of yeast just as the instructions told me to, it failed to mention it gets fizzy when you open it though! Went everywhere. I got about 90% of the yeast in the brew though.
Fast forward 24 hours, things seem to be kicking off, but I noticed a great deal of the semi-solid chunks of yeast have risen up and are sitting on top of the fresh krausen instead of in the brew.
Given this brew needs all the yeast it can get, does anyone think this will be a problem? Obviously I loathe to take off the lid and stir unless I absolutely must.
Here's some photos -