Amylo300 - What is it and does it get more food for yeast

[Jokester]

I put 1 gal of Jai Alai + Rewired from redhare in about 3:1 ratio in a gallon jug.
Added 3 drops of amylo300. I am not sure now what it is, but the brew store guy said it was AMG. Amyloglucosidase - why 300 ???? no idea.
I tasted it. It does not taste any sweeter than the base beers that went in. However it is bubbling in the airlock 2 weeks in - that's just the rewired gallon but I'm sure the Jai alai+Redhared will still be bubbling 2 weeks from now.

It also is nicely sedimenting like a proper ferment.
Its also clearing well and when put into a bottle and allowed to sit it carbonates itself a little.

I don't think its just co2 coming off the base beer, in fact after the amg and yeast was added, the redhare that went in light golden and mostly clear got very cloudy and muddy looking though the color didn't get deeper.

These are beers that didn't have a sediment to start with. So they're having yeast action and the consequent sediment is my thought.

Anyone know what might be happening.

Thanks.
Srinath.

 

[Lefou]

Amyloglucosidase is an enzyme additive that is supposed to help increase the fermentability of your wort. It's not really a fining ingredient.
In other words it will break down dextrins and allow the yeast to increase the ABV of your beer and reduce the final gravity. Your bottle carbing should take 2-3 weeks at normal room temperatures but as the yeast finishes off the leftover sugars they should settle out. Putting the bottles in the refrigerator for a week should help with the cloudiness if it's due to suspended yeast.

 

[Jokester]

I also had a 1.01 if I recall beer drop to under 1.000 after 3 weeks, taste very similar to the original beer just like there was "more" of all the flavors. Ofcourse I had the sediment I didn't put back into the beer, likely causing the decrease in gravity.
Cool.
Srinath.

 

[Jokester]

Amyloglucosidase is an enzyme additive that is supposed to help increase the fermentability of your wort. It's not really a fining ingredient.
In other words it will break down dextrins and allow the yeast to increase the ABV of your beer and reduce the final gravity. Your bottle carbing should take 2-3 weeks at normal room temperatures but as the yeast finishes off the leftover sugars they should settle out. Putting the bottles in the refrigerator for a week should help with the cloudiness if it's due to suspended yeast.

I am using amylo300 as a ferment booster. Only thing is I am starting with beer, not a wort.
However a 1.09 wort has 83 gm carbs in 12oz, and 1-2 drops a gal will turn that to where it will hit .99 gravity which has 5.9 carbs per 12oz.

However I am putting it in like 1.006 beer that has 6.5% abv to start with. That beer started as 1.055 and 50gm carb.
Essentially if it will turn 50gm carb per 12 oz into digestible sugar at 1 drop a gal, will it not turn 12.5 gm carb in 12 oz fully digestible at 1 drop per gal ? As in, if it can turn 50 cant it turn 12.5 ?

I'm not using it as a fining agent, I am using it as a hyper fermenting agent (if there is such a thing) the settling etc is just the natural end point of a ferment, and that is also welcome.
I'm yet to truly experiment with bottle carbonation. However the beer with amylo300 didn't taste any sweeter than the beer I put in it, however I may not be able to taste it as sweet when yeast may be able to eat it.

Cool.
Srinath.

 

[Jokester]

https://bsgcraft.com/resources/Product_Sheets/Kerry/Amylo 300 information.pdf

One of its benefits are -
1.Improved mash saccharification and beer attenuation by production of maltose.
2. Increase the fermentability of wort
3. Maximizes the conversion of starch
4. Eliminates residual starch in wort and prevent starch/dextrin turbidity in finished beer.

I actually don't see why it cant turn carbs in beer into maltose, and the yeast can eat that maltose and get further alcohol from there. And I cant taste maltose and say its sweet compared to starch or dextrin.

Cool.
Srinath.

 

[Jokester]

OK 1.006 beer went in 12/11/19. I racked top 1/2 and bottom 1/2 into 2 different secondaries on 28th.
Today the top 1/2 looked like it had completely cleared. I put it into a bottle to see if it carbonates. Cap is on tight. In 2-3 days I'll try it. Of its carbonating, I'll put it into a pair of cam lock bottles. Now for the gravity. .996.
So the original gravity should have been 1.055 to get me 1.006 FG and 6.5% alcohol.
Now with that at .996 I get 5.3gm carb in 12 oz and 7.9% abv.

1.006 to .996 was what was amg did. Lets see if it carbonates further and by the time I get it in the camlock bottles let me see if I can get to .990. That would be awesome. .8 carb in 12 oz and 8.7% abv.

Cool.
Srinath.