The brewery I work at asked me to do a R and D batch. We changed the yeast on a beer we do already. Well this is it with a fresh cascade hop fresh on the bine.
First year cascades are looking great. Years ago I tried my hand at hops. With zero luck (that was my issue not taking time to care for them.) but this round my 5 new 1st years should pump out enough to do a wet hop ale. And possibly enough to do a wet hop infusion at the brewery I work at.
The brewery I work at doesn't buy new every time. That gets very expensive. For a 10bbl batch they are buying about a 7-10 Liter pitch from Wyeast. After primary fermentation is done, we drop off the first part of yeast that comes out of the conical. Then collect the rest roughly 28-35 lbs of...
I have an online O2 setup I built. The stone is a 2 micron. From what I've read and seen online the times vary. Some say 30-60 seconds, other say I.E. 5 gallon batch run 2.5 gallons in before turning it on for the rest. What would everyone suggest? I've used it once, and did the 2.5 no O2 then...