butterpants
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Been experimenting with just how fast I can push a session strength beer out the door with the equipment and techniques avail to me.
Last week I took 10 gallons of1.050 ESB and split it. Pitched about 150 billion cells from am active starter of Wyeast 1469 (West Yorkshire) and the other got a hydrated 11g packet of S-04. Both aerated 0.5 lpm for 30 seconds and pitched at 60F. Fermentation was held at 70F.
Day 5:
1469 still had a thick mat of kreusen and had not flocculated at all. Smells nicely fruity and toasty. Sample is carbing but it appears done with no faults. Gravity was 1.014
S-04 had dropped almost bright and was also at 1.014.....but diacetyl was very much detectable, didn't even have to force test it.
I'm a sanitation nazi so I doubt it's an infection. The wort stability test after 5 days in an incubator is still clear n microbe free. Gotta be the yeast and a time thing. I was hoping to see both get pushed from grain to glas in a week but it looks as if S-04 can't handle it.
Thoughts? How fast are you going grain to glass in a rush? I realize the normal convention is 3 weeks primary but the point of this was to push the envelope.
Last week I took 10 gallons of1.050 ESB and split it. Pitched about 150 billion cells from am active starter of Wyeast 1469 (West Yorkshire) and the other got a hydrated 11g packet of S-04. Both aerated 0.5 lpm for 30 seconds and pitched at 60F. Fermentation was held at 70F.
Day 5:
1469 still had a thick mat of kreusen and had not flocculated at all. Smells nicely fruity and toasty. Sample is carbing but it appears done with no faults. Gravity was 1.014
S-04 had dropped almost bright and was also at 1.014.....but diacetyl was very much detectable, didn't even have to force test it.
I'm a sanitation nazi so I doubt it's an infection. The wort stability test after 5 days in an incubator is still clear n microbe free. Gotta be the yeast and a time thing. I was hoping to see both get pushed from grain to glas in a week but it looks as if S-04 can't handle it.
Thoughts? How fast are you going grain to glass in a rush? I realize the normal convention is 3 weeks primary but the point of this was to push the envelope.