A Starter is a Beautiful Thing

[MedicMike]

Safale US-05 starter for my Black IPA. I built this up twice before pitching. This was my first starter ever. It worked awesome. :rockin:

 

[buckeye2011]

This was my first attempt at it after tons of studying. When I brewed it, I gave it a taste and it was close. It's been in the fermenter since St. Patrick's Day. I tasted it the other day and it's pretty damn close.

10# 2-Row
1# Crystal 80L
8oz Victory
4oz Special Roast
4oz Belgium Biscuit

1oz Northern brewer 8.6%AA (30min)
1oz Hallertau 4.1%AA (10min)
.75oz Fuggles 4.4%AA (5min)
1T Irish moss (10min)
1028 London Ale 1.6L starter
Mash for 60mins at 153*F
Boil for 60mins
OG: 1.060
Current gravity 1.011
Cooled and pitched yeast at 60*F
Fermentation temp 64*F

I get good efficiency with my setup (80-85%) so make the adjustments accordingly. I plan on bottling this a week from Saturday.
Cheers!

I'm going to give this a shot soon. The Biscuit might be what I've been missing.

Thanks!

 

[hopcop]

I'm going to give this a shot soon. The Biscuit might be what I've been missing.

Thanks!

Good luck. I have a sixer of CIA ready for when I'm ready to drink them. Please let me know how your results are.
Cheers!

 

[GulfCoastGirl]

WLP400 on the Stir Plate

 

[hopcop]

Bottle harvested from Ommegang Abbey Ale.

 

[pwndabear]

ok now i am fairly certain THEY dont use the same yeast in their ales as they do for carbing.

 

[hopcop]

ok now i am fairly certain THEY dont use the same yeast in their ales as they do for carbing.

Why would you think that? I'm curious to what is in my starter anyways. In not fairly confident it's the actual yeast either. Just saw it in the bottom of the bottle and went with it.

 

[pwndabear]

There were a few companies that bottle carbonate that are not at all shy about saying they dont use the same yeast strain to ferment than they do to carb. i got it wrong earlier on another company, but i have heard ommegang uses a different yeast.

then again, i could be wrong. you should call and ask them ;D