Just finished the last of this one, all good until the end.
Feb 202401Thu
Yeti
| Ref | 2023-11 Yeti | Brewer | Pain & Patience |
|---|---|---|---|
| Style | Imperial Stout | Type | Beer, all-grain |
| Started | Fri 10th Nov 23 | Status | Archived, |
| Packaged | Tue 21st Nov 23 | Fermenter | SS 25 litre bucket |
| Handle | 2023-11 Yeti |
|---|---|
| Brewer | Pain & Patience |
| Style | Imperial Stout |
| Type | Beer, all-grain |
| Fermenter | SS 25 litre bucket |
| Status | Archived, ABV |
| Started | Fri 10th Nov 23 |
| Packaged | Tue 21st Nov 23 |
My tenth attempt at an imperial stout, and first go with a new recirculation manifold and temperature probe. Tracking via Brewfather.
72 days
Nov 202321Tue
I’ve just put away approximately 15 litres via gravity transfer to a purged 19 litre Corny keg, which also received half a crushed Campden tablet. The keg was placed on CO2 at 20 PSI. No time to measure gravity – got my hands full with an unexpected boiler leak in the utility room.
One final observation was that the Krausen trace inside the fermenter was a good six inches tall, which I’ve never seen before. Good job there weren’t 20 litres in there, would have made one helluva mess of the fermentation chamber!
2 days
Nov 202319Sun
Set the Inkbird for 1.0 degrees at 08:00 this morning, target temperature reached 17 hours later.
9 days
Nov 202310Fri
Can’t believe this is my tenth go at an imperial stout! Each version has been slightly better than the last, and I’m getting closer and closer to hitting those magic efficiency numbers. This time around I’m also using two new pieces of equipment; an auxiliary temperature probe for the mash, and a brand new recirculation manifold from Brewtools.
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