My Second all grain Brew

davidkrau · 03-15-2006, 06:59 PM

Hi

I just finished my 2nd all Grain ale, an Aussie Light Ale. It has been in the corboy fermenter for about an hour. I have two questions.

1- During the boil I noticed some white stringy things in the boil pot. If this showed up after the fermentation I would have assumed it was a contamination possibly lacto basillus sp?. I didn't think you could get contamination from the boil and that boiling killed contaminants.

2- I used Wyeast 1056 American XL activator smack pack. I smacked the pack the day before and the pac blew up like a football the way it is supposed to. After pitching the yeat I cut open the Pack and noticed that there were 2 inner Packs. One I had broken the other was intact. I cut that inner pack a dumped the brown liquid
in the fermenter. I didn't know that there were 2 inner packs. And how can you tell if you've broken both inner packs? m I only going to get the use of half the yeast? Any replies will be appreciated.

David

ian · 03-15-2006, 07:33 PM

I believe that the stringy stuff was most likely the hot break. If so, nothing to worry about there. I really doubt its any kind of bacteria if it showed up during the boil.

I've never used a smack pack so I can't help there.

bikebryan · 03-15-2006, 11:21 PM

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Originally Posted by davidkrau

Hi

I just finished my 2nd all Grain ale, an Aussie Light Ale. It has been in the corboy fermenter for about an hour. I have two questions.

1- During the boil I noticed some white stringy things in the boil pot. If this showed up after the fermentation I would have assumed it was a contamination possibly lacto basillus sp?. I didn't think you could get contamination from the boil and that boiling killed contaminants.

2- I used Wyeast 1056 American XL activator smack pack. I smacked the pack the day before and the pac blew up like a football the way it is supposed to. After pitching the yeat I cut open the Pack and noticed that there were 2 inner Packs. One I had broken the other was intact. I cut that inner pack a dumped the brown liquid
in the fermenter. I didn't know that there were 2 inner packs. And how can you tell if you've broken both inner packs? m I only going to get the use of half the yeast? Any replies will be appreciated.

David

About #2: I've used many smack packs from Wyeast and have never run across one that had two inner packs. Maybe you just got one that was mis-manufactured.

Regardless, the yeast isn't contained in those inner packs. The yeast surrounds those packs. The inner packs contain the stuff the yeast feed on to multiply. So if neither of the packs break, you still have viable yeast, just not as many.

davidkrau · 03-16-2006, 12:39 AM

I've used large Wyeast smack packs before but never bothered to open one up after pitching the yeast. This time out of curiosity I opened the Pack and noticed 2 inner Packs

**Dude** · 03-16-2006, 01:29 AM

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Originally Posted by davidkrau

I've used large Wyeast smack packs before but never bothered to open one up after pitching the yeast. This time out of curiosity I opened the Pack and noticed 2 inner Packs

I believe the newer, larger smack packs come with more wort/nutrients, I didn't know it was in 2 separate packs though. Might be the norm, who knows....

davidkrau · 03-16-2006, 02:45 AM

Thanks for the replies. Anyway, Everything is going great. After about 8 hrs there is a nice kreusen forming and the fermentation lock is bubbling merrily.

David