First post=first stress out problem
Hello everyone,
Long time reader, first time poster. Please forgive the rambling post, I am exhausted after todays brewing sesh.
I am on my third batch, but since the other two were very forgiving imperial stouts (no need to worry about clarity!) I am feeling like a first timer all over again.
I upgraded to a 6.5gallon glass carboy, so I am aware of just how badly I screwed up when I brewed today.
I used Ballast Point/Homebrewmart's extract w/specialty grain clone recipe for their own Dorado Double IPA
On their suggestion, I did late addition of DME (including a controversial 40min with only hops and specialty wort). Any thoughts on this by the way?
I used whirlfloc for the first time. Not going to lie, not sure how this will play outl
My big mistake came when I poured my wort into the carboy, because I couldn't use my big strainer/filter I had to use a relatively small funnel and tiny filter. Clogged in less then a second. I ended up pouring EVERYTHING in as I panicked about contamination. As a result I have almost all of my trub in the fermentor. I used a liquid yeast starter and poured in the entire 18 ounces because i didn't want to lose one cell for this high gravity beer. I never had so much trub with my imp stouts!
To cut to the chase, I have a fairly high gravity beer with a carboy that obviously contains several inches of trub. I wasn't planning on secondary fermentation (don't have a 5g carboy) but should I buy one just for this? I don't want to waste all the time and money.
I know I lost my planned clarity, but just how bad could it taste with huge amounts of trub at the bottom of the carboy? This will probably require an update on the status of the fermentation to accurately determine how soon my yeast crap out in this harsh environment I have created for the poor little guys.
Thanks in advance,
David
PS, any advice on sanitizing my giant tubing for the blowoff valve. I plan to attach it as soon as primary starts to take off. Should I attach it before that? I am scared of the whole vacuum thing.
Hello everyone,
Long time reader, first time poster. Please forgive the rambling post, I am exhausted after todays brewing sesh.
I am on my third batch, but since the other two were very forgiving imperial stouts (no need to worry about clarity!) I am feeling like a first timer all over again.
I upgraded to a 6.5gallon glass carboy, so I am aware of just how badly I screwed up when I brewed today.
I used Ballast Point/Homebrewmart's extract w/specialty grain clone recipe for their own Dorado Double IPA
On their suggestion, I did late addition of DME (including a controversial 40min with only hops and specialty wort). Any thoughts on this by the way?
I used whirlfloc for the first time. Not going to lie, not sure how this will play outl
My big mistake came when I poured my wort into the carboy, because I couldn't use my big strainer/filter I had to use a relatively small funnel and tiny filter. Clogged in less then a second. I ended up pouring EVERYTHING in as I panicked about contamination. As a result I have almost all of my trub in the fermentor. I used a liquid yeast starter and poured in the entire 18 ounces because i didn't want to lose one cell for this high gravity beer. I never had so much trub with my imp stouts!
To cut to the chase, I have a fairly high gravity beer with a carboy that obviously contains several inches of trub. I wasn't planning on secondary fermentation (don't have a 5g carboy) but should I buy one just for this? I don't want to waste all the time and money.
I know I lost my planned clarity, but just how bad could it taste with huge amounts of trub at the bottom of the carboy? This will probably require an update on the status of the fermentation to accurately determine how soon my yeast crap out in this harsh environment I have created for the poor little guys.
Thanks in advance,
David
PS, any advice on sanitizing my giant tubing for the blowoff valve. I plan to attach it as soon as primary starts to take off. Should I attach it before that? I am scared of the whole vacuum thing.