freshbrew07
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So I tossed the KILLER Double IPA into the carboy last night - should be around 10.5% and smells INCREDIBLE.
So my question is, because I was heavily consumed on homebrew when I made the call....while siphoning into the carboy I would stop periodically and pour in a portion of the cascade pellets and then give the carboy a good swirl for 10-15 seconds and then siphon some more beer in and repeating the process until I got close to the bottom.
All and all I poured in 2 oz's of Cascade - probably 3/4 of it after the beer was totally transfered to the carboy, gave it one final good swirl for 15-20 seconds, air lock - done.
I checked it out his morning and there were no hop resin or residue floating on top and there was about 3/4 of sludge on the bottom. My thinking was to shake it up again for about 30-45 seconds to get everything circulating again - maybe gain some progress and flavor and then let it sit for another 6 days, since I had it in primary for 9 days.
Has anyone ever tried this approach - I am looking for pointers on what I did right and what I did wrong - again I was messed up and at the time these all seemed like good calls????
Should I be concerned about nothing floating on top initially this morning(with the 3/4 of solids at the bottom???
The good thing is I overfilled it about 3/4 a gallon and based on the carboy volume I should come away with about 5 gallons and change! It smells INCREDIBLE though!
Thanks for the advice guys
So my question is, because I was heavily consumed on homebrew when I made the call....while siphoning into the carboy I would stop periodically and pour in a portion of the cascade pellets and then give the carboy a good swirl for 10-15 seconds and then siphon some more beer in and repeating the process until I got close to the bottom.
All and all I poured in 2 oz's of Cascade - probably 3/4 of it after the beer was totally transfered to the carboy, gave it one final good swirl for 15-20 seconds, air lock - done.
I checked it out his morning and there were no hop resin or residue floating on top and there was about 3/4 of sludge on the bottom. My thinking was to shake it up again for about 30-45 seconds to get everything circulating again - maybe gain some progress and flavor and then let it sit for another 6 days, since I had it in primary for 9 days.
Has anyone ever tried this approach - I am looking for pointers on what I did right and what I did wrong - again I was messed up and at the time these all seemed like good calls????
Should I be concerned about nothing floating on top initially this morning(with the 3/4 of solids at the bottom???
The good thing is I overfilled it about 3/4 a gallon and based on the carboy volume I should come away with about 5 gallons and change! It smells INCREDIBLE though!
Thanks for the advice guys