MichaelsBrewing
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Dear fellow funky beer lovers,
4th of July 2012, I brewed up an all grain 5 gallon batch of American wheat beer that consisted of 50% 2-row and 50% White wheat that I fermented with WB-06. (I do not have my entire specific recipe as I have recently moved and my computer with Beer Smith is in storage.) After primary fermentation, I transferred to a glass carboy on top of about 5 lbs of peaches and added the dregs of about 6 bottles of Jolly Pumpkin Calabaza Blanca, a few bottles of Orval, and a few other JP beers. This past June, I bottled 2.5 gallons of this wonderful, sour, funky goodness which is very nice!
This past week, I brewed up a 2.5 gallon extract batch of 50% pilsner and 50% wheat extract with a minimal amount of Saaz and racked it to the carboy of funky goodness to make it once again, a 5 gallon batch. Filled the airlock with some cheap Vodka and there it sits in my closet at about 66F 70F.
My question, do you feel there are enough bugs to get this baby kicking again? I am not seeing any activity in the carboy but I also have not checked the gravity, which I will do in about a month the extract batch was 1.040. The gravity of the funky good stuff was 1.000. So, pretty dry. In other words, is it common place to pitch new funky yeast such as Roeselare or more JP/Orval dregs? Perhaps a clean US-05 along with my existing buggies?
My goal is to keep a consistent and ongoing Solera ish thing happening but in one vessel (Not a real Solera, I know)
Thoughts? Please share your experiences.....
4th of July 2012, I brewed up an all grain 5 gallon batch of American wheat beer that consisted of 50% 2-row and 50% White wheat that I fermented with WB-06. (I do not have my entire specific recipe as I have recently moved and my computer with Beer Smith is in storage.) After primary fermentation, I transferred to a glass carboy on top of about 5 lbs of peaches and added the dregs of about 6 bottles of Jolly Pumpkin Calabaza Blanca, a few bottles of Orval, and a few other JP beers. This past June, I bottled 2.5 gallons of this wonderful, sour, funky goodness which is very nice!
This past week, I brewed up a 2.5 gallon extract batch of 50% pilsner and 50% wheat extract with a minimal amount of Saaz and racked it to the carboy of funky goodness to make it once again, a 5 gallon batch. Filled the airlock with some cheap Vodka and there it sits in my closet at about 66F 70F.
My question, do you feel there are enough bugs to get this baby kicking again? I am not seeing any activity in the carboy but I also have not checked the gravity, which I will do in about a month the extract batch was 1.040. The gravity of the funky good stuff was 1.000. So, pretty dry. In other words, is it common place to pitch new funky yeast such as Roeselare or more JP/Orval dregs? Perhaps a clean US-05 along with my existing buggies?
My goal is to keep a consistent and ongoing Solera ish thing happening but in one vessel (Not a real Solera, I know)
Thoughts? Please share your experiences.....