BOBTHEukBREWER
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My post of yesterday "too much water" described how I had an excess of wort. The main brew was given a yeast starter (safale 04 hydrated then 1 teaspoon brewing sugar added to give a rocky head in the starter jug within 2 hours), the extra 1.5 gals of lower gravity wort had a full sachet of safale 04 sprinkled on it.
18 hours after yeast pitch the main brew is fermenting strongly with a 2 inch head, the small low SG batch has a very little activity so far.
Surely the sooner a brew starts to ferment strongly the better? It is so easy to re-hydrate in 150 ml water then add 1 ts brewing sugar and leave (covered) for 2 hours or so.......
18 hours after yeast pitch the main brew is fermenting strongly with a 2 inch head, the small low SG batch has a very little activity so far.
Surely the sooner a brew starts to ferment strongly the better? It is so easy to re-hydrate in 150 ml water then add 1 ts brewing sugar and leave (covered) for 2 hours or so.......