B-Dub
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So there I am taking a gravity on my last 2 Belgium brews and the triple is down from 1.078 to 1.012....nice. The quad is down from 1.094 to 1.036....not nice.
I start looking into what could have caused the apparent lack of attenuation and got to yeast pitching rates. If you type in 1.090 for 5.5 gallons of wort and try and prop up 1 vial of yeast it gives you 6.52 liters of starter. That is 1.7 gallons of starter. If I am brewing 22 gallons, ie 2-11 gallon batches, that would be about 6.8 gallons of starter!!
So the long and short of it comes down to: does this sound right? And how are other brewers building yeast and pitching for say WLP530 for a Quad? Lastly, what is the FG?
Thanks for any insight.
FYI - the triple and the quad both got the same yeast and same build up on the starter. All four ferments were very strong and the temps got into the low 80's by the end.
I start looking into what could have caused the apparent lack of attenuation and got to yeast pitching rates. If you type in 1.090 for 5.5 gallons of wort and try and prop up 1 vial of yeast it gives you 6.52 liters of starter. That is 1.7 gallons of starter. If I am brewing 22 gallons, ie 2-11 gallon batches, that would be about 6.8 gallons of starter!!
So the long and short of it comes down to: does this sound right? And how are other brewers building yeast and pitching for say WLP530 for a Quad? Lastly, what is the FG?
Thanks for any insight.
FYI - the triple and the quad both got the same yeast and same build up on the starter. All four ferments were very strong and the temps got into the low 80's by the end.