Cannonball Stout is in the Primary !

[silver02ws6]

I asked a few questions about this one earlier in the week so I figured I would follow up and let everyone know how it went.

First off let me say that this was the most seamless brew day I have ever had. It included

5 gallons of Austin Home Brew Cannonball Stout

5 Gallons of EdWort's Apfelwein. This one was so easy no details are needed.

The cannonball on the under was set to be my biggest undertaking to date. I have about 5 brews under my belt.

I split the wort into two batches a 2.5 gallon boil handled my specialty grains hops schedule and the 2 lbs of DME that were included with the kit.

A 2 gallon boil that handled the 10lbs of Dark LME and 8 oz maltodextrin

I made a yeast starter for this beer using one vail of White Labs WLP007 Dry English Ale yeast, 10oz of Light DME and after boil off about 1600 ml of water. I also pitched a second vail of White Labs WLP007 onto the wort.

My original Gravity was 1.09 aiming for 1.100 so I got pretty close.

Now its up to the yeast!:rockin:


Thanks to everyone that helped me get this one going. Hopefully it will be one bad ass brew in about 6 months. Unfortunately patience is a virtue I do not have so the next few months will be interesting.

 

[eanmcnulty]

How was the stout? It sounds awesome.

 

[silver02ws6]

Remind me about June and I will let you know. I am moving this into the secondary tomorrow and will not bottle until around may.

 

[demonrichie]

aww that bites it sounds like its guna b awesome hopefully u got more primaries to get sum other good brews for the time being

 

[imtrashed]

How was the CannonBall Stout? Looking to try this big beer out... probably on a Pacman yeast cake.

 

[silver02ws6]

It is very sweet............ beer really changes profile as it warms up after the pour, def an alcohol bite to it. Its dangerous on an empty stomach..... one bomber will have you stumbling and bumbling about.

Give a shot its a good beer.

 

[cerna348]

I brewed the Cannonball Stout Jan 23rd. Everything went well for me. I made a 2 liter yeast starter and still pitched a second vial as well (too many reports of stuck cannonball fermentation made me nervous). I still worry that it wasn't enough. The calculations call for much higher yeast counts, but I wasn't going to spring for four vials of yeast.
Do to all amount of young ones that run the house when I am at work, I usually keep my carboys in the basement where it sat at about 63 degrees. I took a gravity reading after two weeks, and it was only down to 1.038. I left it for two more weeks, and then moved it to a smaller secondary carboy which I brought upstairs to a closet (I am a bit nervous that it might get discovered by a certain curious almost two-year old). Unfortunately I broke my hydrometer, but the sample I took tasted great! I am planning to add some vanilla and some chocolate. Even if it doesn't ferment all the way, I am certain this will be a great beer.

 

[40watt]

Would it be good enough to chunk it in on a fresh yeast cake from a similar brew, population wise?