Post-brewday ramblings
Posted: Sat Sep 02, 2006 1:10 am
Well, I finished pitching my yeast about an hour ago, which was 4 AM here. The brewday went insanely slow it seemed, but maybe that was because I wasn't drinking while brewing. Oh, or maybe it just took 6 hours, not including other preparations and cleanup.
Somehow I was 6 points low on my gravity, but decided to just ferment it out and see what happens.
It was a wet hop IPA with 47 ounces of hops. The hydrometer sample tasted good, kind of like a minty/hoppy bitterness thing.
About 40 minutes after pitching my yeast, I noticed I didn't tighten the seal on my conical. I tightened it up and the airlock started going nuts. I was impressed when I saw that. I decided to try the procedure outlined by Jim Rossi on the 2/12/2006 show for yeast starters. I know Jamil says that a "superfart" start isn't necessarily the best thing, but it sure is neat to see.
Whenever I have access to a real computer, I'll throw up some pictures of my boil kettle, post-boil. It's a joy to see three pounds of hops sitting in the bottom of your boil kettle.
- joe
Somehow I was 6 points low on my gravity, but decided to just ferment it out and see what happens.
It was a wet hop IPA with 47 ounces of hops. The hydrometer sample tasted good, kind of like a minty/hoppy bitterness thing.
About 40 minutes after pitching my yeast, I noticed I didn't tighten the seal on my conical. I tightened it up and the airlock started going nuts. I was impressed when I saw that. I decided to try the procedure outlined by Jim Rossi on the 2/12/2006 show for yeast starters. I know Jamil says that a "superfart" start isn't necessarily the best thing, but it sure is neat to see.
Whenever I have access to a real computer, I'll throw up some pictures of my boil kettle, post-boil. It's a joy to see three pounds of hops sitting in the bottom of your boil kettle.
- joe