Sat Mar 12, 2011 9:25 am
Well todays brew was on again off again on again. My smack pack wasn't doing as well as expected due to age so yesterday I decided to cancel todays brew. Last night I had an idea to split the batch and use 2 yeasts. So I'm going to pitch my smack pack this morning into a 1 L starter first. I'll brew 12 gallons of Bitter today and split it 3 ways. In the first 5 gallons I'll pitch the 1 L starter of W1275 and in the remainder I'll pitch 2 packs of S-04 dry yeast. I'll be bottling the portion with dry yeast and kegging the 1275 version. The important thing here is that I will be brewing today!
Well that keg disappeared fast!
On Tap at the Firkin Pub: Hazelnut Brown Ale, Firkin Stout, Gatorale, Ginger and Green Tea Metheglin, Firkin Pils, Firkin Bitter
In the Firkin Fermenters: Cassis Mead, Dunkelweizen
Up Next: Planning for next season.
