No Chill Case Study

[Tonedef131]

Well 24 hours later it is down into the 70s. I am going to pitch at 65 so I stuck it in my fermentation fridge alongside it's chilled brother that has blown off like crazy and is already slowing down. Should be able to pitch tonight.

 

[humann_brewing]

I have been making my starter with the actual wort for the last few batches and works great. I don't have to chill the starter and decant, then warm back up etc... It also give me time to stabilize the fermentor at the right temp. No rushing involved.

 

[Tonedef131]

I transferred into a carboy, aerated and pitched the yeast last night before going to bed. It was fermenting happily at 65 when I got up this morning. There was quite a bit of break in the bottom of the keg, so I racked off the top of that and it was perfectly clear. There likely won't be anything to say till these are done and ready to drink, from this point forward I will be treating them exactly the same.

 

[nostalgia]

/subscribe! I'm doing my first NC this weekend, if time and weather allows.

-Joe

 

[The Pol]

/subscribe! I'm doing my first NC this weekend, if time and weather allows.

-Joe

I am doing my 4th in a week or so, my Oktoberfest ale. Followed up shortly by my Holiday Ale and then...

I really need to catch up on brewing.

Should be doing a brewcast for most of them.

 

[bakins]

I am doing my 4th in a week or so

Rookie I'm already up to my 8th no-chill. So far so good. Gonna do a massive cube hoped IPA soon.

 

[smellysell]

Just did a Belgian Honey Rye sorta thing last night. It was my second no chill.

 

[Droot]

Just a quick report. The first no chill I did was fermented the next day by a friend. The second is still in the cube3 weeks later and the third has been in the cube one week. No sign of infection.

Last Sunday I made an 11 gallon batch of Fat tire clone. I fermented one half with 1272 american ale yeast. I am going to keep the other half until October when Wyeast comes out with the exact yeast. A good test....

Changed my whole brewing setup. THANK YOU!

David the happy Brewer

 

[Jonnio]

I am interested in the side by side results of this too...I think I am going to order my cubes today. I have not been brewing as much lately due to time constraints, so if I could cut an hour out of the process it would really help me.

 

[Droot]

I can report the Boddingtons clone I split with a new brewer.

My 1/2 was chilled and pitched with S-05. I just sprinkled it on. He took the cube the next day and sprinkled the same yeast on. I kegged mine, he bottled his. I tasted his yesterday. Its more bitter at the end of the glass than mine. Otherwise they taste the same. I dry hopped mine. Its been a month since we brewed it. Both are cloudy.

David