Recent content by JDZ

The rice needs to be pre-gelatinized for the starches to be converted. I've always used Minute Rice and it comes ready to use. I believe you can also cook regular rice before adding it whole to your mash and achieve same results but I've never done this. I would think jasmine or basmatti would...

A lesson I learned the hard way. I have only done two lagers with pressure and pre pressurized both times. I ended up putting a bit of keg lube on the seal and it pressurized. I wanted a fairly clean ale but needed it done fast. Hence the S-04 with pressure. My spunding valve was set at...

Thanks. Have you used S-04 under pressure?

I did not know that thanks. I'm fairly new to pressure fermenting. I've read that about ale yeasts.Blow off smells pretty good. Like S-04 but more delicate. Hopefully turns out good.

So I made a cream ale yesterday and decided to try and pressure ferment S-04 to see how clean I could it. Long story short I used an unproven keg and didn't pressurize it after transfering, assuming it would pressurize from the fermentation. It was leaking around the lid and by the time I...