Ingredients:
Grain-
16.5 lbs 2 Row Pale Malt
3.5 lbs Rye Malt
2 lbs Victory
1 lb Crystal 60l
Hops-
2 oz Columbus (17.1%aa) @ 60
1 oz Columbus (17.1%aa) @ 20
1 oz Columbus (17.1%aa) @ 10
1 oz Columbus (17.1%aa) @ 5
Yeast-
Safale 05 American Ale
OG- 1.064
FG- 10.14
Yield- 10.2 gallons
Efficiency- 80%
27APR2013: One of the better brew days I've had. No problems at all. I realized as I'm was recording all this though that I was supposed to do the 20, 10 and 5 minute addition hops with Chinook but did all Columbus instead. Oh well, should still be good. I just built a stir plate so I'm running a test on this brew. Fermenting in two 5 gallon batches with the same yeast. Half with a started run on the stir plate, the other half with a packet directly pitched. Hoping to have time to record times to start seeing CO2 production, time to terminal gravity, and if terminal gravity it equal.
UPDATE 27APR2013: 8 Hours from pitching the half with the starter is producing CO2. The direct pitch half is showing no signs so far.
UPDATE 29APR2013: Checked the buckets. Both are fermenting away. Side that had the starter came out so much that there is actually visible yeast in the airlock. Below are the pics side by side.
UPDATE 12MAY2013: Transferred the half with the starter to keg for carbonating. Down to 1.014 for an ABV of 6.6%
Grain-
16.5 lbs 2 Row Pale Malt
3.5 lbs Rye Malt
2 lbs Victory
1 lb Crystal 60l
Hops-
2 oz Columbus (17.1%aa) @ 60
1 oz Columbus (17.1%aa) @ 20
1 oz Columbus (17.1%aa) @ 10
1 oz Columbus (17.1%aa) @ 5
Yeast-
Safale 05 American Ale
OG- 1.064
FG- 10.14
Yield- 10.2 gallons
Efficiency- 80%
27APR2013: One of the better brew days I've had. No problems at all. I realized as I'm was recording all this though that I was supposed to do the 20, 10 and 5 minute addition hops with Chinook but did all Columbus instead. Oh well, should still be good. I just built a stir plate so I'm running a test on this brew. Fermenting in two 5 gallon batches with the same yeast. Half with a started run on the stir plate, the other half with a packet directly pitched. Hoping to have time to record times to start seeing CO2 production, time to terminal gravity, and if terminal gravity it equal.
UPDATE 27APR2013: 8 Hours from pitching the half with the starter is producing CO2. The direct pitch half is showing no signs so far.
UPDATE 29APR2013: Checked the buckets. Both are fermenting away. Side that had the starter came out so much that there is actually visible yeast in the airlock. Below are the pics side by side.
UPDATE 12MAY2013: Transferred the half with the starter to keg for carbonating. Down to 1.014 for an ABV of 6.6%
