As far as how to start a whirlpool (with hop pellets not contained), I put IC in last ten minutes and dip the plastic spoon that comes with various starter kits. At end of boil I pull the IC out (with a glove) and start a whirlpool vigorously and turn on brewzilla pump attached to whirlpool arm...
Reminds me of The Vixen from Sam Adams, that was a great beer and this one sounds good too. It was 8.5% ABV as well I see close to yours (it came in 22 OZ bottles :cool:
Bottled this on Aug 4th. Finished at 1.008 for an ABV of 9.06%. Threw one in the fridge last night and got a good carb level for 1 week in the bottle.
WOW this tastes amazing! Was hoping for more bubblegum using B-56 but it is well balanced, can't wait to share this one with friends.
We have solar here in So-Cal and I will say running the heat pump will cost you the most. I have 1 heat pump and 2 AC units and my winter usage is a lot higher than summer. The heat pump is in an attached granny flat.
Took a reading 10 days in and it is down to 1.020 from 1.077=7.4%.
Tasted amazing, great sweet Belgian nose really feel the alcohol warming which is not surprising at room temp with no carbonation.
Edit: was even better after a couple hours in the fridge.
I plan to switch to kegging but a friend doesn't but we both want to pressure ferment and transfer to a bottle bucket (temporally for me). Couldn't i just dump the trub a couple times if necessary and then attach something to one of the bottom transfer caps and gravity transfer?
Brewed this today with some slight modifications, used Imperial B56 Rustic and used a full pound of pound of dark candi and .27 of white. Hit 1.077 which is close enough for me. Wort tastes amazing!
Not sure how ale yeast got there (too much homebrew?) was meaning a lager yeast (the whole point of this thread).lol But after thinking about it I can see no advantage as I have learned that most of the lager characteristics happen early in primary fermentation.