phendog
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I made a Saison 10 days ago. BeerSmith said it would come in at 1.060OG, but it came in at 1.070. My efficiency is through the roof with my new Spike System, but that's a different story.
Anyhow, I made a 3L starter with WLP565 and pitched it (decanted) into the WELL aerated wort and let it roll in a glass carboy at house ambient temp (~72). BeerSmith said I needed 238billion cells. Given the pack of yeast I had was from June, the 3L starter gave me 374 billion. Not grossly over built, but probably on par with how I build all my starters these days.
I've heard a LOT of stories about how long WLP565 takes and how it's prone to stall. Well, it chewed through that 1.070 wort and was at 1.010 in 5 days.
I'm guessing it could probably drop a few more point, but do I risk loosing some character/body if I let this big Saison drop to much further? Thinking about cold crashing this and putting it in the keg now. Any thoughts?
Anyhow, I made a 3L starter with WLP565 and pitched it (decanted) into the WELL aerated wort and let it roll in a glass carboy at house ambient temp (~72). BeerSmith said I needed 238billion cells. Given the pack of yeast I had was from June, the 3L starter gave me 374 billion. Not grossly over built, but probably on par with how I build all my starters these days.
I've heard a LOT of stories about how long WLP565 takes and how it's prone to stall. Well, it chewed through that 1.070 wort and was at 1.010 in 5 days.
I'm guessing it could probably drop a few more point, but do I risk loosing some character/body if I let this big Saison drop to much further? Thinking about cold crashing this and putting it in the keg now. Any thoughts?