gboydston
New Member
2 weeks ago I brewed a Milk Stout from a extract kit I purchased from my local shop:
Homebrew Emporiums Mothers Milk Stout - English Milk Stout
Extracts
6.6lbs Dark Malt extract
1lb Lactose
.5 Malto-Dextrin
Grains
.5lb Crystal 80
.5lb Black Patent
.75lb Chocolate
Hops
1oz Warrior 60min
.5oz Fuggles 10min
1 Whirlfloc tablet
Dry Ale Yeast s-04
Today is day 15 of sitting in the primary so I figured I'd check the gravity and I'm still a bit high. The kit calls for a F.G. of 1.014 and I got ~1.024. A couple things I did as a beginner learning, didn't take a S.G. reading. I also didn't go really aggressive on the aerating. I did get a couple minutes of stirring and small splashing with my "stir spatula". (Dry yeast) Though within 14 hours the airlock was active, and stayed active for about 3-4 days before dropping below the 1 bubble a minute that the kit directions talk about. (I know the airlock isn't the proof of yeast working completely though.) according to the kit, they want you to rack to secondary after you bubble once a minute or less. (Get your process moving to buy more kits.) Any who, I was going to move it to my secondary once I felt it was ready to get room for my next batch. No rush, and I'm not impatient, just want to make sure I'm on schedule here.
Thoughts? Thank you ahead of time.
Gregg
Homebrew Emporiums Mothers Milk Stout - English Milk Stout
Extracts
6.6lbs Dark Malt extract
1lb Lactose
.5 Malto-Dextrin
Grains
.5lb Crystal 80
.5lb Black Patent
.75lb Chocolate
Hops
1oz Warrior 60min
.5oz Fuggles 10min
1 Whirlfloc tablet
Dry Ale Yeast s-04
Today is day 15 of sitting in the primary so I figured I'd check the gravity and I'm still a bit high. The kit calls for a F.G. of 1.014 and I got ~1.024. A couple things I did as a beginner learning, didn't take a S.G. reading. I also didn't go really aggressive on the aerating. I did get a couple minutes of stirring and small splashing with my "stir spatula". (Dry yeast) Though within 14 hours the airlock was active, and stayed active for about 3-4 days before dropping below the 1 bubble a minute that the kit directions talk about. (I know the airlock isn't the proof of yeast working completely though.) according to the kit, they want you to rack to secondary after you bubble once a minute or less. (Get your process moving to buy more kits.) Any who, I was going to move it to my secondary once I felt it was ready to get room for my next batch. No rush, and I'm not impatient, just want to make sure I'm on schedule here.
Thoughts? Thank you ahead of time.
Gregg