Beermaker said:Cool andpitch yeast. It isrecommended that you hold out a bit of the yeast and make a starter. Pitch the second batch 3-5 days before you bottle it.
Mikey said:Uh, say what?
Walker said:yeah, that seems a little strange to me, too.
what's the reasoning behind that, Beermaker?
-walker
gaelone said:That's a pretty interesting...and what's more, I now want a DT.
Beerdoc said:Yes, delirium tremens(the medical condition and not the beer) can actually kill a person. The blood pressure and heart rate increase and they will have hallucinations and they will be truly in a state of delirium. It usually occurs when ETOH-ics are trying to kick the habit quickly or they run out of money to buy alcohol. I've seen it and it's not pretty.
rewster451 said:P.S. Brewdoc, what does the "ETOH-ics" acronym mean? This is the only forum I use, so I'm lost on a lot of acronyms. Most of them I can figure out, RDWHAHB, for instance, but this one I don't get.
weberju said:Also, how important is it to get champaigne type bottles? I was hoping to just use regular beer bottles. Will this work. I'm assuming that I won't be able to carbonate as much. Is this right?
I believe the point is to ensure that enough yeast are left to ensure appropriate carbonation without the possibility of off flavors due to too mutation or strain on the yeast.
This practice is common amongst trappist breweries and many others have picked it up as well.
I am a newbie and have a couple of questions...
1. what temp should the primary be at during fermentation? and how long in the primary?
2. what temp should the secondary be?
3. how much yeast should I pitch before bottling? I used one vile in the primary. Should I use another whole vile a week before bottling?
thanks
I'm new too, but I brewed a DT clone as my 2nd AG.
1. I started it at 67F for two days and slowly ramped up to 75 over the next 2 weeks. Actually, these were targets I shot for using frozen soda bottles in a cooler. I cold crashed mine in the primary for a week.
2. I dunno, under 70? I mistakenly forgot to secondary mine.:cross:
3. I used 2 vials of WLP530 in a 1qt starter. That's probably the LEAST you would want to pitch. Pitch it all at, well, pitching time. Use a blowoff rig.
Despite my beer's 1.010 FG, it's plenty sweet. It has a lot of the Westmalle (530) yeast character, especially in the nose. Mine was bottled 5 weeks ago and it's mellowing nicely.
either take a small portion of your starter and step it up for pitching at bottling or buy a new vial and make a new starter at bottling.
since this beer will need some time to ferment and condition before bottling time, i'd suggest just buying a new vial at that time.
i'd leave it in the primary for a month before even thinking of going to secondary. and make sure you FG is hit before you rack.
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