I brewed this over the weekend.
I decided to halve the grains and brew two batches.
Made a starter solution and split it between a 3-year-old coopers packet and a Safale-S05 packet both of which started right up.
I grabbed the first clean carboy -- my antique hand-blown one -- and shattered it with hot wort ;(
The remaining 3 gallons of wort went into another carboy and I topped up to 5 gal.
Batch 2 went into a third carboy in its entirety.
Coopers foamed a bit, but never high enough to foul the airlock.
Safale-S05 blew out the airlock and coated the kitchen counter with yeasty goodness.
Can't wait to bottle and try this one!
I decided to halve the grains and brew two batches.
Made a starter solution and split it between a 3-year-old coopers packet and a Safale-S05 packet both of which started right up.
I grabbed the first clean carboy -- my antique hand-blown one -- and shattered it with hot wort ;(
The remaining 3 gallons of wort went into another carboy and I topped up to 5 gal.
Batch 2 went into a third carboy in its entirety.
Coopers foamed a bit, but never high enough to foul the airlock.
Safale-S05 blew out the airlock and coated the kitchen counter with yeasty goodness.
Can't wait to bottle and try this one!