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speedie789

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Because of where I live I normally brew mostly extract and steeping grains and the occasional pm and every few months pack up everything an brew an all grain batch at my brother's house.
Well I currently have my buckets fermenters full but have a few 5 gal carboys (no longer secondary) and decided to start brewing 3.25 gal ag batches(on the stovetop). The way I see it I might as well have beer in them.
I'm brewing my first right now and it's a smash vienna(6.5# @154) and perle(0.5 oz (6.5%) @ 60,20,10,5,and flameout) according to beersmith og should be 1.054 and 38 IBU. I plan on using WLP 007 (it's the only yeast on hand other than non-labeled jars of washed yeast in my fridge). Any thoughts on how this will turn out(I'm 30 min into the boil), or on smashes in general(I plan on brewing a few more this weekend to fill the carboys)? Thanks!
 
Those unlabelled yeasts should make for interesting beer. Kinda like opening canned goods without the label. You're just hoping it's not Purina.

On Topic: I have no idea how it will turn out. But you'll be very familiar with that grain and that hop after doing this. Once I have officially moved to 5 gallon AG, I will use my current 1 gallon setup to do these on trial basis. Should help train my palette and help me formulate more accurate clones/better combinations for recipes.
 
I know what the yeast could be, US-04, US-05, WLP 810 San Fran lager, and WLP 029 Kolsch, or WLP 830 German lager.... I do the same thing every time, I don't have to label them I'll remember...
I have 2 other carboys so I'll probably use those for 3 gal smashes. Same thing, I wanna get a better feel for different malts and hops.
 
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