I brewed up a batch Friday and experienced something different than I ever had in the past. Wanted to run it by you all and see what the story may be.
Here is the recipe I used.
12 lbs Pale Malt (2 Row)
1.25 Crystal 60
.5 oz magnum @ 60
.5 oz Pearle @ 30
1.0 oz Cascade @ 10
2.0 oz Cascade @ Flame out
Wyeast 1056 American Ale
This is an attempt at a SNPA Clone.
Mashed 16.5 qts ended up mashing at 155.5 for 60 mins..
Batch sparged 4.2 gals and ended up with what I had planned.. 6.5 gallons, boiled down to 5.5 gallons.
Chilled with the IC
OG ended up at 1.060
I pitched one smack pack with no starter. It swelled but not as much as they have in the past. I then cut the smack pack open and one of the little packets inside was not broken. I cut it open and dumped it in the carboy as well.
The only other thing I did was strained the wort while going into the Carboy (I don't think this was the beer I wanted to do this with after the fact.)
So fermentation....
Woke up Sat morning and everything was chugging/ churning away as expected. Sunday night still some krausen but not as violent. Today.. pretty much done, no krausen.
I am going to give it a couple days then take a sample.
Was I not right to make a starter with this being a bit of a higher gravity beer? That un broken little pouch was just yeast nutrient correct?
I ended up getting out of work early unexpectedly and decided to brew so this was a last minute thing.
I will let it do its thing but was just curious as to what you guys think..
Thanks
Scott
Here is the recipe I used.
12 lbs Pale Malt (2 Row)
1.25 Crystal 60
.5 oz magnum @ 60
.5 oz Pearle @ 30
1.0 oz Cascade @ 10
2.0 oz Cascade @ Flame out
Wyeast 1056 American Ale
This is an attempt at a SNPA Clone.
Mashed 16.5 qts ended up mashing at 155.5 for 60 mins..
Batch sparged 4.2 gals and ended up with what I had planned.. 6.5 gallons, boiled down to 5.5 gallons.
Chilled with the IC
OG ended up at 1.060
I pitched one smack pack with no starter. It swelled but not as much as they have in the past. I then cut the smack pack open and one of the little packets inside was not broken. I cut it open and dumped it in the carboy as well.
The only other thing I did was strained the wort while going into the Carboy (I don't think this was the beer I wanted to do this with after the fact.)
So fermentation....
Woke up Sat morning and everything was chugging/ churning away as expected. Sunday night still some krausen but not as violent. Today.. pretty much done, no krausen.
I am going to give it a couple days then take a sample.
Was I not right to make a starter with this being a bit of a higher gravity beer? That un broken little pouch was just yeast nutrient correct?
I ended up getting out of work early unexpectedly and decided to brew so this was a last minute thing.
I will let it do its thing but was just curious as to what you guys think..
Thanks
Scott