Life made me skip a weekly propagation.
Batch 4:
- Lag Time: 8hr
- Gen Time: 13 days
- Final pH: 3.3
- FG: Disaster! Forgot to measure.
Tasted batch 4, also very much like cider, perhaps slightly smoother acidity. I calibrated the pH meter this time. Before and after values were the same, so it looks like it hadn't drifted much.
Batch 5 is split into hopped (5H) and un-hopped (5X). I hopped 750ml of 1.036 wort with 0.6g of 4.5%AA T90 Fuggles. It went through the pressure cooker, so hours at 212F+. This is roughly 1/2oz in a 5 gallon batch.
At day 5, I cannot tell much of a difference between batch 5H and 5X. 5H may be bubbling slightly slower, but that may just be the shape of the glass or the way it's sitting. Surface bubbles appear similar, which is probably a more accurate integrator of bubble activity.
unhopped batch 5X: .................................................. hopped batch 5H:
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For 6H, I'll probably do 2g~ of hops to see if that has more of an effect.