SNPA CLONE brew day coming up!

[The Pol]

Okay, I just pitched, the starter was really active, the fermentor was down to 66F. 18 hours after "current off" the yeasties are in and I am being smart and setting up a blow off.

 

[planenut]

Do you have a cool room or a fridge with a temp controller or what to get 66F?

 

[LooyvilleLarry]

I have a fridge that is controlled by a Love Controller, and a thermowell into the carboy, so it actually controls the temp of the wort, not just the ambient air.

 

[The Pol]

Larry is Mr Fancy Pants... I have a freezer that has a temp. controller on it so that I can adjust it. Probably set it to 64F to achieve 66F in the fermentor.

 

[planenut]

Cool, Exactly the answers I was looking for..

I'm going to tape the probe to my fermenter on the next batch.

 

[The Pol]

26 hours after the end of the boil, we have fermentation! It is sitting pretty at 66F....

 

[Zen_Brew]

Thanx for sharing the webcast POL. I caught most of it. I am just getting back into things and hadn't been aware of the HERMS system at all until I watched you use it.
Definitely a sweet setup for consistency.
Something else to put on my future wish lists.

 

[The Pol]

Thanx for sharing the webcast POL. I caught most of it. I am just getting back into things and hadn't been aware of the HERMS system at all until I watched you use it.
Definitely a sweet setup for consistency.
Something else to put on my future wish lists.

Awesome, I was glad to see so many viewers! It was a lot of fun, I will be doing another broadcast in June! So be sure to catch that. That one should be my Hugh Heffe... but I am not certain!

 

[The Pol]

Larry... hows the brew coming? Did it blow off? I got called out at 3AM, so my ferment will take place in my absence this week!

 

[LooyvilleLarry]

Blowing like crazy! I was in my garage and thought the compressor was running on the fermenter. It kept going and going and I thought - WTF?

It was the blowoff tube in a 1/2 gal of starsan. Burrp..burp..burp... about every second!

I love this yeast.

 

[Brewmasters Warehouse]

It was nice to watch a brewday while I was working, the best of both worlds. Thanks for the broadcast. Next time I hope I have time to brew instead of just watch.

 

[The Pol]

Well, into day 4 of the ferment and it is still chugging away. Plan to give it 2 weeks in the primary, then a couple in the secondary with the dry hop.

Sorta bored... thought Id add this note.

 

[The Pol]

After about 8 days... the ferment is at a crawl. Next weekend, at the 2 week mark, it will be transferred to the secondary with the dry hop addition for a week.

 

[planenut]

are you going to secondary in a keg?

 

[The Pol]

are you going to secondary in a keg?

No... in a 5 gallon carboy.

 

[LooyvilleLarry]

I just moved my blowoff to a airlock so I could see it. It is still perking, but not much.

I'll follow your lead on this (same process I do anyway) - next Saturday (5/30) I'll move it to a secondary and dry hop.

My secondary is a brite tank made from a keg that has seen better days with a shortened dip tube.

 

[The Pol]

Cool cool... yah next weekend it gets dry hopped and I am then heading on a week long camping trip!

 

[LooyvilleLarry]

This lovely beer has been moved to my secondary and dry hoppped...
FG: 1.014
ABV 5.08%,
Apparent Attenuation: 72%
Calories - really ? what kind of person would look at that ???

and did I mention taaaassssstttttyyyyy This has a very close profile to the SNPA that you get at the store.

 

[The Pol]

I have a couple photos to add... but here are some details


MEASURED FG is 1.010
Actual FG is ????
Hydrometer in Distilled Water is reading .996!

Conclusion, need a refractometer... dammit. Ordering today.

Actual FG reading, assumed, anywhere between 1.012 and 1.014

Hyrdo sample... AWESOME!!

Dry hopped with .75oz of PELLET Cascade. It will sit like this for a week at 70F.

 

[The Pol]

I JUST switched over to an off brand OxyClean in place of PBW. I put about 6 gallons of 190F solution in my fermentor (2 scoops of Oxy) and within one hour the nasty krausen ring is gone. Awesome stuff.

 

[LooyvilleLarry]

Yeah, you can cut that amount in half and still get a great job.

 

[The Pol]

Yeah, you can cut that amount in half and still get a great job.

Sweet, good to know. I bought that refractometer today too Larry, thanks for the link. $32 shipped...

 

[LooyvilleLarry]

Well, this was cold crashed for 3 days and I just transferred it over to the keg tonight. It smelled so delightful ! It is force carbing for 3-4 days @ 30psi, then being consumed immediately