Hi all,
I will be brewing an Orval-inspired beer with WLP510 and WLP644, and want to know if the following looks right for the fermentation schedule. I am a kegger, and hardly ever bottle, so I especially need help there.
1. Ferment with the 510 until finished (somewhere around 1.010) ~2 weeks.
2. Transfer to secondary and pitch a vial of 644. This will be sitting at around 68F ambient in the basement.
3. Allow enough time for FG to stabilize (around 1.005?) ~1-2 months, I'm thinking.
4. Prime for bottling w/dextrose. I want about 4 vol. of carbonation, so should I err a little on the low side and calculate the dextrose for 3 vol?
5. I'll be using Grolsch bottles- I think they should handle 4 vol. Am I correct in my assumption?
Thanks!
I will be brewing an Orval-inspired beer with WLP510 and WLP644, and want to know if the following looks right for the fermentation schedule. I am a kegger, and hardly ever bottle, so I especially need help there.
1. Ferment with the 510 until finished (somewhere around 1.010) ~2 weeks.
2. Transfer to secondary and pitch a vial of 644. This will be sitting at around 68F ambient in the basement.
3. Allow enough time for FG to stabilize (around 1.005?) ~1-2 months, I'm thinking.
4. Prime for bottling w/dextrose. I want about 4 vol. of carbonation, so should I err a little on the low side and calculate the dextrose for 3 vol?
5. I'll be using Grolsch bottles- I think they should handle 4 vol. Am I correct in my assumption?
Thanks!