I did a beer on sat, it wasn't any real style aside from me being at the home brew store with a hangover and picking things based off of "that smells nice and oooh those hops have a high AA%" but i noticed that they had Wyeast 3725 so i figured i'd give it a shot.
The OG was 1.063
IBU 72 and SRM 19
Nothing was really unusual as far as the brew went, the only thing that was different was i picked up a vile of wyeast nutrient that i tossed in 1/2 tsp during the last ten mins or so.
It was a late brew and due to enjoying several HBs while brewing I ended up dozing and pitching the yeast at like 3:30am and went back to sleep.
Come noon it was happily bubbling in the air lock and i was kinda impressed because I don't usually see active fermentation on the first day like that with most strains of yeast i've used, air temp was prob in the low 70s and around 9pm last night I happened to check on it and the air lock was getting plugged up and I was probably moments away from the lid blowing off. Quickly I sanitized a tube and set up a blow off into a growler half full with water and sanitizer and watched in a hypnotic fashion as the bubbles rattled off and every few moments a glob of kraus would plug it and work it's way through the tube letting off a nifty machine gun like string of bubbles.
This morning things were a little more calm and it's got a happy steady bubble action going on and I may pop the air lock back in tonight as things have chilled out,
I'm looking forward to seeing how this yeast finishes out but to this point I must say it's a rip roaring one that really gets going quick. neat stuff.
The OG was 1.063
IBU 72 and SRM 19
Nothing was really unusual as far as the brew went, the only thing that was different was i picked up a vile of wyeast nutrient that i tossed in 1/2 tsp during the last ten mins or so.
It was a late brew and due to enjoying several HBs while brewing I ended up dozing and pitching the yeast at like 3:30am and went back to sleep.
Come noon it was happily bubbling in the air lock and i was kinda impressed because I don't usually see active fermentation on the first day like that with most strains of yeast i've used, air temp was prob in the low 70s and around 9pm last night I happened to check on it and the air lock was getting plugged up and I was probably moments away from the lid blowing off. Quickly I sanitized a tube and set up a blow off into a growler half full with water and sanitizer and watched in a hypnotic fashion as the bubbles rattled off and every few moments a glob of kraus would plug it and work it's way through the tube letting off a nifty machine gun like string of bubbles.
This morning things were a little more calm and it's got a happy steady bubble action going on and I may pop the air lock back in tonight as things have chilled out,
I'm looking forward to seeing how this yeast finishes out but to this point I must say it's a rip roaring one that really gets going quick. neat stuff.
