dabeers
Well-Known Member
Hey all. So I top cropped for the first time yesterday-used some wlp004 irish ale from a Red for a Pumpkin Stout. The Red had been fermenting for 3 days with good airlock activity, about halfway down on its gravity. Had my Pumpkin Stout nice and cool, ready for pitching, opened up the bucket and there was minimal krausen-basically just a layer of yeast rafts. I scooped half of the rafts with some beer-probably about 200ml worth (more beer than anything), and pitched into the stout. No activity now 24hrs.
Now before everyone gets all mad about fermentation taking 48-72 hrs for signs, etc, usually people say that when they top crop they get crazy activity early. Esp with little krausen, I wanted to know if people recommended I go ahead and pitch some us-05 backup to not stress the yeast out/get fermentation going before infection can creep in. Thoughts?
Now before everyone gets all mad about fermentation taking 48-72 hrs for signs, etc, usually people say that when they top crop they get crazy activity early. Esp with little krausen, I wanted to know if people recommended I go ahead and pitch some us-05 backup to not stress the yeast out/get fermentation going before infection can creep in. Thoughts?