Made a rye saison today. I had a big pitch of Wyeast 3726 Farmhouse ale that I pitched at about 60% of into one carboy and 40% into the other carboy.
Big pitch carboy I put inside an Ice Cube cooler and insulated it very well.
The other lower pitched carboy I put inside a carboy box sitting on a couple of towels and put a towel on top and closed the box. Until they get going I covered both with a comforter.
The test is to see how much temperature raises in the well insulated box versus the other box, and if the pitch rate along with more insulation/higher ferment temperature will make a difference in the finished products.
Pitch temperature 71 F. Ambient 70 F.
10 gallons
23 lb. pils
4 lb. Weyermann Rye Malt
2.5 lbs. C&H cane sugar made into homemade candi syrup, amber in color
2 oz. grapefruit juice into the syrup while making for acidity (citric acid)
2 oz. organic molasses added early in candi syrup making
4 oz. Tettnanger leaf hops, 5.9% AA, 60 mins boil
3 oz. mixed wet hops from the garden, 1 oz. at 60 mins, other 2 at 5 mins.
Mashed at 150.
OG 1.073
Gotta say this wort was super good. Very drinkable and that's a good sign.
Big pitch carboy I put inside an Ice Cube cooler and insulated it very well.
The other lower pitched carboy I put inside a carboy box sitting on a couple of towels and put a towel on top and closed the box. Until they get going I covered both with a comforter.
The test is to see how much temperature raises in the well insulated box versus the other box, and if the pitch rate along with more insulation/higher ferment temperature will make a difference in the finished products.
Pitch temperature 71 F. Ambient 70 F.
10 gallons
23 lb. pils
4 lb. Weyermann Rye Malt
2.5 lbs. C&H cane sugar made into homemade candi syrup, amber in color
2 oz. grapefruit juice into the syrup while making for acidity (citric acid)
2 oz. organic molasses added early in candi syrup making
4 oz. Tettnanger leaf hops, 5.9% AA, 60 mins boil
3 oz. mixed wet hops from the garden, 1 oz. at 60 mins, other 2 at 5 mins.
Mashed at 150.
OG 1.073
Gotta say this wort was super good. Very drinkable and that's a good sign.