OldDirty
Well-Known Member
Did my first BIAB AG batch 6 days ago and so far love the process! I decided to do a Kolsch because of the simplicity. I had fermentation start within 12 hours of pitching my yeast with full krausen within 36 hours. I pitched my yeast at 57* and it raised up to a steady 63* after 24 hours I'm now at day 6 in the primary, still with full krausen but very little if no bubbling in my blow off bucket. I decided take a gravity sample to check my progress. My gravity post boil was 1.044, my gravity now is 1.012. I'm pretty sure my fermentation is complete at this point. I will give it another 3 days and check my gravity again. The question is do I let it sit for another week in the primary or do I rack it now to a keg then lager for a few weeks?
The color of my sample is dark yellow with an orange hue. I'll post a pic of it shortly.
Here's the stats:
Batch Size 5.500 gal
Boil Size 6.5 gal
Boil Time 60 min
OG 1.044
FG 1.012
ABV 4.6%
Bitterness 24.9 IBU (Tinseth)
Fermentables
Total grain: 10 lb
Munich Malt - 10L Grain 1lb
Rahr - 2 Row Malt Grain 9 lb
DME .5 lb (used to raise my OG)
Hops
Hallertau 4.5% 1.0 oz Boil 60 min
Tettnang 4% 0.5 oz Boil 60 min
Tettnang 4% 0.5 oz Boil 15 min
Misc
Whirlfloc 15 min
Yeast
Wyeast2565 - Kolsch in 1L starter
The color of my sample is dark yellow with an orange hue. I'll post a pic of it shortly.
Here's the stats:
Batch Size 5.500 gal
Boil Size 6.5 gal
Boil Time 60 min
OG 1.044
FG 1.012
ABV 4.6%
Bitterness 24.9 IBU (Tinseth)
Fermentables
Total grain: 10 lb
Munich Malt - 10L Grain 1lb
Rahr - 2 Row Malt Grain 9 lb
DME .5 lb (used to raise my OG)
Hops
Hallertau 4.5% 1.0 oz Boil 60 min
Tettnang 4% 0.5 oz Boil 60 min
Tettnang 4% 0.5 oz Boil 15 min
Misc
Whirlfloc 15 min
Yeast
Wyeast2565 - Kolsch in 1L starter