Last week I tried my first venture with a 10-gallon batch (grain+extract boil). The original recipe ~4.9% ABV (5 gallon batch) called for a carboy pre-filled with 2 gallons water, 2 gallons water to begin with in the brewpot, and once the brew was complete - to transfer the wort to the carboy...
Sorry for the late reply, but the 2 packets gave the brew a swift kick, activity for over a week. Final product came out great (in my opinion) - thank you for all the help!
How many would you suggest? As to not overpitch (with the single vial of WLP001 already in the beer) - thanks for the info regarding the strains! Assuming nothing has changed come tomorrow morning, I will go grab some from the shop.
If the gravity was lower than the reading gave; would it be wise to first follow "flars" suggestion (2nd post) and give it
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I do not have any yeast on hand but could certainly get to the store and buy some more. When I think about it, I don't believe I "topped off" the carboy, but that I had...
Gavin, I would characterize it as an Imperial (not because I know, but I was using parts of a Papazian recipe - "Armenian Imperial Stout" - pg. 209 in the 3rd ed.). I have attached a photo.
Changes to the recipe = in addition to the extract syrups, I used 2lbs of a pure fruit syrup (canned)...
I brewed a 1 1/2 gal stock pot of wort. Transferred it into a 5 gal glass carboy with 3 1/2 gal clean water. Cooled in the snow down to 72F. OG=1.090 - I pitched the entire vial of WLP001 California Ale Yeast (liquid) - without making a starter - had not read directions prior to pitching or...