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Making a maibock using Lutra. Og is 1.066 and after 9 days we are down to 1.022 and still bubbling. Temp at night gets to 74 and maybe 80 during the day.
What I mean to as if it normal for Lutra to take off like a rocket and even with a steady bubble be going this long? This was an extract brew, not that that should make a difference.Making a maibock using Lutra. Og is 1.066 and after 9 days we are down to 1.022 and still bubbling. Temp at night gets to 74 and maybe 80 during the day.
I have a glass hydrometer and I temperature correct the readings.What are you using to take your gravity reading?
I have to agree. Everything I have read says this fires up and runs like crazy. I didn't make note of this, but I use RO water on nearly all my brews over the last 8+ months. I'm in Baton Rouge and we have pretty soft water with a high sodium content. Looking back at other Kveik yeasts I have used, I never had this problem and most, even those that took 36+ hours to get going (yes, WTF???) finished in 3 days after that and I bottled on day 7. I have another pack of Lutra that will be used in a month or two for a pseudo-lager I am devising. We shall see what that does...That is odd. This almost seems like not a yeast issue, maybe a mash issue... I've brewed with Lutra a fair bit an it always takes off in about 30 minutes and finishes pretty dry (1.008-1.012) no matter the gravity and no o2 added. I usually always pitched warm and let it fall to whatever room temp is.
This is 5 days in for a pseudo Pilsner with lutra I fermenter at 71. Cold crashing now because I don’t want it to drop lower but I do think it’s done.
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I tried 2 lager-like beers with this yeast and they both took a while to clean up flavor-wise and in appearance in the keg. I had high hopes for Lutra but I ended up going back to easy to use lager strains.
Here’s one of those beers.
What are those easy to use lager strains in you opinion?
34/70 is so easy. Just use a higher pitch count and keep it sub 60. Nothing more than thatWhat are those easy to use lager strains in you opinion?
I fermented at 71 it was 9 pounds pils .5 carapils .5 Vienna and I really didn’t do anything it was in an anvil brew bucket and just looked that way when I took a sample.5 days and it's that clear? Wowza. Any tips you can provide? SMaSH Pils?
Nicely done.
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