joeybeer
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So I had to turn my serving fridge up to fermenting temps last week so I figured I might as well fill it.. I made a 10gallon batch of Cream of 3 Crops, a 5 gallon batch of my FFIPA, and a 5 gallon batch of Clean Your Room Brown.
They've been at 62 in the fridge for around a week now, last night I went in to do some gravity readings.. and here are the results + crisis
The Good -
Cream Ale No Chill 5g American Ale Yeast - Delicious ! 1.012
Clean Your Room Brown, American Ale Yeast - Tastes dark + light mouthfeel - 1.016
The Bad
FFIPA 5g American Ale Yeast - Sweet and Hoppy - 1.042 !!! This one was 1.050 a week ago, and it's coming down REALLY slowly !!
Cream Ale, Chilled, 5g, American Ale - 1.012
This one is shooting cloudy pink crap out of the airlock and smells, tastes, looks HORRIBLE.. Nothing at all like the other 5 gallons out of the same batch.. This is the first beer out of about 15 batches that I am thinking about tossing.. The first I've chilled with a borrowed chiller that must not have been sanitized properly ?? No telling but this one is going out ..
The Questions
Should I pitch more yeast onto the FFIPA, in an attempt to get it to "go faster" ? (It's been 10 days and I'm dying to use my new stirplate, and I have more American Ale yeast.)
Is there any hope for a split 10g batch where one half is drinkable and the other smells and tastes like the devil's taint.. I mean this is bad.. pink "yeast" shooting out of the airlock.. this is a dumper.. no question here..
They've been at 62 in the fridge for around a week now, last night I went in to do some gravity readings.. and here are the results + crisis
The Good -
Cream Ale No Chill 5g American Ale Yeast - Delicious ! 1.012
Clean Your Room Brown, American Ale Yeast - Tastes dark + light mouthfeel - 1.016
The Bad
FFIPA 5g American Ale Yeast - Sweet and Hoppy - 1.042 !!! This one was 1.050 a week ago, and it's coming down REALLY slowly !!
Cream Ale, Chilled, 5g, American Ale - 1.012
This one is shooting cloudy pink crap out of the airlock and smells, tastes, looks HORRIBLE.. Nothing at all like the other 5 gallons out of the same batch.. This is the first beer out of about 15 batches that I am thinking about tossing.. The first I've chilled with a borrowed chiller that must not have been sanitized properly ?? No telling but this one is going out ..
The Questions
Should I pitch more yeast onto the FFIPA, in an attempt to get it to "go faster" ? (It's been 10 days and I'm dying to use my new stirplate, and I have more American Ale yeast.)
Is there any hope for a split 10g batch where one half is drinkable and the other smells and tastes like the devil's taint.. I mean this is bad.. pink "yeast" shooting out of the airlock.. this is a dumper.. no question here..