SFGiantsFan925
Well-Known Member
Hey everyone. So I brewed up a spiced brown ale the other day. 6 days ago actually. Its an extract based recipe. I made a starter of WLP002, and pitched it at about 74 deg F, then brought the temp down into the mid 60's as White Labs website states thats the best ferm temps for this yeast.
Well, I had a LOT of activity within an hour or two of pitching. I had to use a blowoff tube as the krausen was pouring out of my tube. It was a 6 gal fermenter and was a crazy fermentation. I pitched the yeast around 1PM on Friday, and by Sunday morning there was pretty much no activity. Krausen was gone and very few if any bubbles from the airlock I replace the tube with. So, today I took a gravity reading to see where it was at since there really looks like no activity. Heres what it came out to be:
OG- 1.072
FG- 1.018 (as of yesterday)
That gives me an attuation of 75% and ehite labs states it attenuates 63-70%. I am thinking I wont be getting my gravity much lower.
Does this seem right?? Can this yeast really ferment that quickly?? That seems like a super fast ferment. Its my first time using a starter, and I was rather impressed with how quickly it started.
Recipe in case it matters:
9lb LME
1lb Belgian Candi Sugar
.5 Crystal 60
.5 lb Victory
.25lb Carapils
.25 Chocolate
1oz Perle hops for bittering at 60
.5oz Northern at 15 min
Well, I had a LOT of activity within an hour or two of pitching. I had to use a blowoff tube as the krausen was pouring out of my tube. It was a 6 gal fermenter and was a crazy fermentation. I pitched the yeast around 1PM on Friday, and by Sunday morning there was pretty much no activity. Krausen was gone and very few if any bubbles from the airlock I replace the tube with. So, today I took a gravity reading to see where it was at since there really looks like no activity. Heres what it came out to be:
OG- 1.072
FG- 1.018 (as of yesterday)
That gives me an attuation of 75% and ehite labs states it attenuates 63-70%. I am thinking I wont be getting my gravity much lower.
Does this seem right?? Can this yeast really ferment that quickly?? That seems like a super fast ferment. Its my first time using a starter, and I was rather impressed with how quickly it started.
Recipe in case it matters:
9lb LME
1lb Belgian Candi Sugar
.5 Crystal 60
.5 lb Victory
.25lb Carapils
.25 Chocolate
1oz Perle hops for bittering at 60
.5oz Northern at 15 min