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I've had 2 to 3 day fermentations with Voss at those temps pretty regularly. You might have a better way of getting oxygen into your wort than I do. Idk but I mashed at 150f Yeah it is a little thin at 1.006, that 2nd day at 1.010 was spectacular to me. I've never had it go down that low to...

I'm using Lallemand Voss and white labs Ultra ferm. OG = 1.058 I fermented at 100 degrees for 3 days and just dropped the temp to 70 to drop out yeast and try to stop fermentation at 1.006. I added ultra ferm because I have only hit around 1.009 - 1.011 with Voss. In 2 days I hit 1.010...

Oh that's right, I forgot about the attenuation. Thanks for the help

I've just read stuff on hop creep, not sure if this pertains to saison yeast. However I'm using a spike brewing flex. I've dry hopped 8 batches with a 4 oz dry hop and used cellar science silafine to help drop everything out before kegging.

I'm planning on fermenting at 72 for 1 day, 75 for 2 days, and 77 for the rest of the time. I'm fairly new to brewing and this is my first time with a Saison yeast. Do you know if I dry hop at 70 after fermentation, will I have to increase the temp for a diacetyl rest?

Just pitched two packs of this in a 1.045 OG Saison at 72 degrees now. Any idea how long to leave in the fermenter? Planning on dry hopping with Vic Secret and Waimea

I know this thread is old, but have you made any other old ales using black treacle? Trying to make something similar to Founders curmudgeon

I did 1.5 oz of pellet hops in the sight glass and there's plenty of room for maybe a total of 3 grams. I had to open and close the butterfly valve a few times to get all of them in but it does work. I will definitely be dry hopping with this method from now on. Yeah just remember to keep...

How did your beer turn out? I'm thinking of making a stout this weekend using the same 2 yeasts you used.

Did you have to filter out the hops when you transferred or did you just rely on cold crashing and slowly transferring? Also, did you get any grassy flavors from the cold crash with hops in your fermenter? I currently have only 1.5 oz of hops in my spike flex+ at 70 degrees right now, gonna...

I'm probably not going about this correctly. I am trying to clear the beer up as much as possible and also trying to make sure all the hops drop out to the bottom so transfer is as easy as possible. My thought is to have more pressure in the sight glass than the fermenter, so when i open the...

Quick question I just dry hopped at 70 degrees. It is currently under 10 PSI in my spike flex + I want to add super kleer in 2 days the same way i dry hopped (using a sight glass) Can I decrease pressure to 2 psi and then drop in part A super kleer, rock the fermenter gently to swirl it...

Looking to dry hop for the first time, I'm looking for something to blend well with the whirlpool hops (see recipe at the bottom) I'm thinking maybe 1-3 oz of either; El Dorado CTZ Waimea Pacific Jade Rakau Azacca Below is the recipe for an IPA, Malts (15 lb 15 oz) 9 lb — Simpsons Pale Ale...

Looking to dry hop for the first time, I'm looking for something to blend well with the whirlpool hops (see recipe at the bottom) I'm thinking maybe 1-3 oz of either; El Dorado CTZ Waimea Pacific Jade Rakau Azacca Below is the recipe for an IPA, Malts (15 lb 15 oz) 9 lb — Simpsons Pale...

Interesting, all I've done for my past two closed pressure transfers is keep the co2 hooked up at 5 PSI, purge the sanitized keg multiple times and start the transfer until my fermenter is still pushing out clear beer