Mech-Mon
New Member
Evening all,
About six months ago I got the ingredients to do a clone of New Belgium 1554. About a week after I bought them, I got a new job in a new state and had to move. Well I finally got around to brewing and was wondering if I could get some pointers.
Ingredients
4lbs Pale Malt Extract, liquid
2lbs DME light
11.5grams Saflager S-23 Lager Yeast
1oz Hallertauer 4.7 - 30 min prior to end of boil
1oz Northern Brewer 8.0 - 10 min till end
1/2 oz Hallertauer 4.7 at end of boil.
A BAG OF GRAINS
I had the guys over at The HomeBrew Store in Springfield, MO select the proportions. Unfortunately, I cannot find the receipt, nor my folder of notes.
Procedure:
Added grains to grain bag, added it to brewpot with 3gal water.
Removed grains at 160deg.
Sparged grains with 1/2 gal of water that I boiled in a separate pot at the beginning of the boil. Guestimate 150Deg.
Resumed boil, when boil was rolling good, I added the malt extracts.
30 min into boil I re-hydrated and primed the yeast.
Unsure if the yeast took off. When I went to pitch the yeast, it didn't seem very active. I used aprox 105º water, now thinking this was to warm for lager yeast.
15 min left, I added the wort cooler.
Completed boil and cooled to aprox 90º
I went to rack into my 6.5 gal and saw a crack, so I quick cleaned and sanitized my 5 gal carboy.
Now it's 5 hours after pitching the yeast and there is still no activity.
My question is, is the yeast no good, or is there hope yet?
Regards,
Mon
About six months ago I got the ingredients to do a clone of New Belgium 1554. About a week after I bought them, I got a new job in a new state and had to move. Well I finally got around to brewing and was wondering if I could get some pointers.
Ingredients
4lbs Pale Malt Extract, liquid
2lbs DME light
11.5grams Saflager S-23 Lager Yeast
1oz Hallertauer 4.7 - 30 min prior to end of boil
1oz Northern Brewer 8.0 - 10 min till end
1/2 oz Hallertauer 4.7 at end of boil.
A BAG OF GRAINS
I had the guys over at The HomeBrew Store in Springfield, MO select the proportions. Unfortunately, I cannot find the receipt, nor my folder of notes.
Procedure:
Added grains to grain bag, added it to brewpot with 3gal water.
Removed grains at 160deg.
Sparged grains with 1/2 gal of water that I boiled in a separate pot at the beginning of the boil. Guestimate 150Deg.
Resumed boil, when boil was rolling good, I added the malt extracts.
30 min into boil I re-hydrated and primed the yeast.
Unsure if the yeast took off. When I went to pitch the yeast, it didn't seem very active. I used aprox 105º water, now thinking this was to warm for lager yeast.
15 min left, I added the wort cooler.
Completed boil and cooled to aprox 90º
I went to rack into my 6.5 gal and saw a crack, so I quick cleaned and sanitized my 5 gal carboy.
Now it's 5 hours after pitching the yeast and there is still no activity.
My question is, is the yeast no good, or is there hope yet?
Regards,
Mon