VMCosco
Active Member
I brewed a batch last Friday. Going for a rye IPA. I tried a few things for the first time on this batch: yeast starter, partial mash. Here is a link to the recipe:
http://hopville.com/recipe/1519588/american-ipa-recipes/pepperyepa
I am assuming the yeast starter was fine. Had a nice yeast cake in the bottom of my flask that I swirled back into solution before pitching.
I mashed the grains in 2 gallons at about 152 degrees for 45 minutes. I let the bag drain. Then in a second pot I soaked the bag in 1 gallon at about 155 degrees for ten minutes. Let it drip and poured that wort into my first pot. I added about a half gallon of water so I could start my boil with 3 gallons. I added the liquid extract as the wort came to a boil. Then I boiled as normal.
I added enough water to my fermenter for 5 gallons. Took my OG and it was only 1.050 (estimated 1.067). I know part of the problem could have been from not mixing enough so I didn't worry too much about it.
Pitched my yeast starter at about 75 degrees. Blow off activity started within 18 hours and continued vigorously for about 24 hours and temp rose to 78. Then it completely stopped. I gave it a couple days, temp dropped to 73. I opened the lid and based on the residue I could tell the krausen only rose about 1 inch. I plan to take a gravity reading later.
Does it appear I did anything wrong? Any steps I should take at this point?
http://hopville.com/recipe/1519588/american-ipa-recipes/pepperyepa
I am assuming the yeast starter was fine. Had a nice yeast cake in the bottom of my flask that I swirled back into solution before pitching.
I mashed the grains in 2 gallons at about 152 degrees for 45 minutes. I let the bag drain. Then in a second pot I soaked the bag in 1 gallon at about 155 degrees for ten minutes. Let it drip and poured that wort into my first pot. I added about a half gallon of water so I could start my boil with 3 gallons. I added the liquid extract as the wort came to a boil. Then I boiled as normal.
I added enough water to my fermenter for 5 gallons. Took my OG and it was only 1.050 (estimated 1.067). I know part of the problem could have been from not mixing enough so I didn't worry too much about it.
Pitched my yeast starter at about 75 degrees. Blow off activity started within 18 hours and continued vigorously for about 24 hours and temp rose to 78. Then it completely stopped. I gave it a couple days, temp dropped to 73. I opened the lid and based on the residue I could tell the krausen only rose about 1 inch. I plan to take a gravity reading later.
Does it appear I did anything wrong? Any steps I should take at this point?