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  1. simple-stupid

    Combined starter step-up/harvest question

    Hey Guys, I'm looking to brew two different batches using WL300 this weekend, so I was planning on growing it up to 2L, and splitting it to pitch. I've read that its best for the yeast if you make large step ups, so I plan on going from .5L to 2L BUT, I also wanted to harvest some yeast...
  2. simple-stupid

    Still Bubbling 11 days into fermentation?

    I did a high grav weizenbock last saturday (11 days ago) and there are still are a couple bubbles coming through the airlock (3-4 a minute?) I pitched 2 rehydrated packets of safbrew wb-06, and initial fermentation was crazy, huge krausen within 12 hours, full blowoff tube within 18. So...
  3. simple-stupid

    Using safbrew WB-06 for a high grav Weizenbock

    Hey all, So i'm brewing a weizenbock recipe from a brewpub (scaled down to 5gal) this weekend, and the projected OG is 1.081. I've never used dry yeast before, but this is the yeast that the brewpub uses, so my question is, do I just re hydrate before pitching, or do I make a starter since...
  4. simple-stupid

    Help - ABV without OG?

    So after two weeks in the primary I went to rack this batch to a carboy, and when I measured the gravity and wrote it down, I realized that I forgot to write down the starting gravity, even though I remember taking it. So the question is.. what, if anything, can I do to find out ABV, mind you...
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