Having been out of brewing for some time, I started back into it last summer. Made a few batches of slug bait, recently started seeing vast improvement, had my first lager some out pretty nice...
I've got a conical that holds 21.5 gallons, stainless, water jacketed, etc that was made by either Stainless in Seattle, or a competitor of theirs - both long gone.
On 7/15, made 16 gallons of Annoying Bastard (28# grain, 12# LME, 12 oz hops in stages) that came out at 1.078. Included 1tsp yeast nutrient for the last 15 minutes of the boil, pitched a 1L starter from a stir plate of WLP007 from my yeast bank. Ran compressed air thru a 0.5 micron diffusion stone for a couple of hours.
16 hours later, I've got blowoff coming out, and the airlock isn't bubbling - it looks like a rolling boil. Since I've been playing with pressurized fermentation, sealed the fermenter, set the pressure relief at 10PSI.
At the 40 hour mark, I clean up all the stuff that came out of the relief valve (maybe a cup, liquid), verify it's still working right, and take a sample.
1.038. That's a 40 point drop in 40 hours. :rockin::rockin::rockin::rockin:
There is a constant, gentle hiss from the relief valve. Oh, and the smell! Needs more aromatics, but a taste of the hydro sample, well, ya better like hops, cuz that's what y'all are gettin'.
I am still just blown away by this batch. Dunno if it was the yeast nutrient, air, pitch rate, or all three, but I'll be taking a corny keg out in a week and see how it is.
Just wanted to share...
I've got a conical that holds 21.5 gallons, stainless, water jacketed, etc that was made by either Stainless in Seattle, or a competitor of theirs - both long gone.
On 7/15, made 16 gallons of Annoying Bastard (28# grain, 12# LME, 12 oz hops in stages) that came out at 1.078. Included 1tsp yeast nutrient for the last 15 minutes of the boil, pitched a 1L starter from a stir plate of WLP007 from my yeast bank. Ran compressed air thru a 0.5 micron diffusion stone for a couple of hours.
16 hours later, I've got blowoff coming out, and the airlock isn't bubbling - it looks like a rolling boil. Since I've been playing with pressurized fermentation, sealed the fermenter, set the pressure relief at 10PSI.
At the 40 hour mark, I clean up all the stuff that came out of the relief valve (maybe a cup, liquid), verify it's still working right, and take a sample.
1.038. That's a 40 point drop in 40 hours. :rockin::rockin::rockin::rockin:
There is a constant, gentle hiss from the relief valve. Oh, and the smell! Needs more aromatics, but a taste of the hydro sample, well, ya better like hops, cuz that's what y'all are gettin'.
I am still just blown away by this batch. Dunno if it was the yeast nutrient, air, pitch rate, or all three, but I'll be taking a corny keg out in a week and see how it is.
Just wanted to share...
