Recent content by Ran2004

Just circling back-- The beer is kegged and I pulled a first pour yesterday. Delicious and no off flavors detected by my amateur palate. Also I washed this yeast and used it for a follow-on batch of blonde that responded well and smells delicious. Overall I am very pleased with SDSY!

Haha. When the krausen is thick I take a bit of a larger sample with the wine thief I used to use for my hydrometer. It’s probably about 1-2 oz of liquid per test— just enough for a taste. Hit FG target today. :-)

Gravity this morning reading 1.016-- still no off flavors in my refractometer sample. Fhew!

Current gravity is 1.024 (+31 hours), so I expect it will complete fermentation within the next day or so. I only took a small sample, but what I did taste was delicious-- no estery off flavors!

Wow! Well if nothing else I will update the thread after I get everything kegged and tasted-- The temperature just hit 66 about 20 minutes ago and I'll probably keep it there, raising back up to 68 in a few days as we get closer to FG. Plan to do a measurement tonight to see how we're doing--...

Hi All, I brewed a citra pale ale this weekend and wanted to try using WLP090 for the first time as I need the beer to turn around somewhat quickly (traditionally I've just been using WLP001 for my APAs). Anyway, I went with the generic description on the WL pack that mentioned a pitch temp...