68* is fine for Conan, anything over 70* is pushing it unless you like the Belgian flavor.
So power goes out and you have a batch at 75 degrees ready to volcano and you peacefully sleep the night away?
I haven't heard of such a case of negligence since watching the titanic.
Jk
Sorry for your situation....
Haha me and my buddy brew at a small space that we rent so woulda been a mission to take off middle of the night
you'll be fine to harvest the yeast. the high temps might negatively impact the beer, but the yeast will be fine. harvest as usual.Im guessing it hit a point of high 70s at some point overnight while the power was out. set the controller to 60 this morning. hoping I dont get a ester bomb. if this turns out not so great, any advice on trying to harvest the yeast? yay or nay? its challenging bringing liquid yeast down, so i like harvesting as much as possible.
other than my few hour power outage mishap, my chest freezer was set to 60 for 4 days, 68 for 2 days and just set to 71 today. still a little krausen on it today.
I took off the bung to get a whiff and decide if i was going to dry hop yet and whoa! the c02 took the breathe right out from me. I couldnt really get a good smell, the c02 burned too much. maybe sulfery if anything. will check again in a few days. may dry hop this weekend or early next week.
how long typically grain to package day is the norm with this yeast?
and when are most people dry hopping their IPAs with this strain? after fermentation or during the end?
FG - 1.012 / 79% attenuation
I made a starter last week, pitched it into 8 gallons of 1.068 IPA last night, cooled wort to 75 and was planning on my ferm chamber to take care of the next 10+ degrees.
The power went out after 2 hours, for about 6 hours. I checked on it this AM, full blowoff.
Im guessing it hit a point of high 70s at some point overnight while the power was out. set the controller to 60 this morning. hoping I dont get a ester bomb. if this turns out not so great, any advice on trying to harvest the yeast? yay or nay? its challenging bringing liquid yeast down, so i like harvesting as much as possible.
this is the omega DIPA strain
hop schedule was
1 oz Apollo @ 90
1 oz Columbus @ 90
6 oz at 10 mins - even mix of mosaic, columbus, simcoe, citra
7 oz FO/ 20 min hopstand - mix of mosaic, columbus, apollo, citra
grain bill was 80% 2-row, 15% pils, 5% wheat.
I'm sipping on my first bottles using Conan. An IPA with a lot of hopstand/dry hop Mosaic and Citra. Fermented at 65 for two weeks, OG 1.056 FG 1.014, starter with about 225 billion cells.
Super hazy. Super, super, duper peachy fruity flavor. Like, too much. Beer is still green though. After using US-05 for almost everything the obvious flavor from the yeast is crazy.
Mine was Omega too. It was also the first time I used this batch of hops, new year and new source for me, so perhaps it's a combination? I used a about 8 oz between hopstand/dry hop.
Hmm interesting. I also use about 3-4oz in a hopstand along with a split 4oz dry hop. I was just wondering in my case if the hops aren't just covering up the peachy notes from the yeast. I only did a 24hr cold crash before bottling so they're should still be plenty of yeast in suspension, although I've had heady topper and I never really picked up any peach in that either but thacould just be my taste buds.
The Conan is hazier
the sample being bubbly might not mean much other than it still has carbonation left from primary fermentation.the sample was also a little bubbly which is a good sign its still going too.
the sample being bubbly might not mean much other than it still has carbonation left from primary fermentation.
Can you spot the Conan half of the batch?
12 days in and i am at 1.030.
set at 60F for 3 days, 62F for 2 days, 68F for another 2, then 72F for the past 5 days.
harsh co2/nail polish smell when i popped the bung out and took a whiff. no off flavors or smell in the gravity sample tho. nice hop flavor but way thick and sweet obviously. hoping it hasnt stalled, but the c02 punch has me thinking its still going eventho the krausen has dropped. the sample was also a little bubbly which is a good sign its still going too. set the chest freezer to 76 in hopes to get it to finish out.will check again in a week.
down to 1.026 as of today, 2 weeks since brew day. upped it to 78F. really would need it to drop another 10-12 points to be acceptable for an IPA.
First tasters from each keg.
Conan has a fuller or softer mouth feel, great foam, but almost no hop aroma. 05 has a crisper cleaner taste and better aroma.
I expect both to drop more clear with time, they have both only been in the keg 24 hours.
down to 1.026 as of today, 2 weeks since brew day. upped it to 78F. really would need it to drop another 10-12 points to be acceptable for an IPA.
down to 1.026 as of today, 2 weeks since brew day. upped it to 78F. really would need it to drop another 10-12 points to be acceptable for an IPA.
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