Festa Brew Pilsner - Saturday, May 9, 2015
2 23 L Festa Brew Continental Pilsner in my conical.
WLP833 German Bock Lager - ( slurry stepped up in a 3 L starter )
I may of under-pitched the yeast for this beer. We will see...Going good for a lager though. Started @ hour 36. All of my previous GOOD lagers started on hour 72.
O.G. - 1.050
F.G. - 1.012
% - 5
BU - 18
SRM - 5
Tossed in the fridge a day or so before and set it at 46 F. Add both bags to conical, aerate and pitch yeast close to wort temp. Let it rise to 50 F and check for activity before starting your fermentation schedule. I turned off the fridge on Friday, May 15, Day 7. It should finish in a few days. Rotten egg smell has gone down a bit, but is still there. Basement temp is @ 66 F. Very active fermentation after turning off the fridge on day 7. It took 2-3 days to stop and is now ( May 23 ) at 5C. Will keg in 5 days or so. Kegged on May 25. Had about 2 - 3 L extra. Next time don't fill up the conical too full as you won't use it. I let the bottom dump run too long and I may of wasted good yeast. I will get it all next time as I usually rack it after a day or so into new jars. This Pilsner had very little Pils malt taste. I don't know why. Very clean lager. No sulphur, DMS, diacetyl or any of the lager off flavours.
This beer sucks balls...
Under-pitched the yeast? May of caused the off flavours, but will not be buying these kits for awhile. Too expensive and the results are not that great with any of them, including Festa Brew and Brew House. Make your own from all that grain in your basement before the mice get to it.
WLP833 German Bock Lager - ( slurry stepped up in a 3 L starter )
I may of under-pitched the yeast for this beer. We will see...Going good for a lager though. Started @ hour 36. All of my previous GOOD lagers started on hour 72.
O.G. - 1.050
F.G. - 1.012
% - 5
BU - 18
SRM - 5
Tossed in the fridge a day or so before and set it at 46 F. Add both bags to conical, aerate and pitch yeast close to wort temp. Let it rise to 50 F and check for activity before starting your fermentation schedule. I turned off the fridge on Friday, May 15, Day 7. It should finish in a few days. Rotten egg smell has gone down a bit, but is still there. Basement temp is @ 66 F. Very active fermentation after turning off the fridge on day 7. It took 2-3 days to stop and is now ( May 23 ) at 5C. Will keg in 5 days or so. Kegged on May 25. Had about 2 - 3 L extra. Next time don't fill up the conical too full as you won't use it. I let the bottom dump run too long and I may of wasted good yeast. I will get it all next time as I usually rack it after a day or so into new jars. This Pilsner had very little Pils malt taste. I don't know why. Very clean lager. No sulphur, DMS, diacetyl or any of the lager off flavours.
This beer sucks balls...
Under-pitched the yeast? May of caused the off flavours, but will not be buying these kits for awhile. Too expensive and the results are not that great with any of them, including Festa Brew and Brew House. Make your own from all that grain in your basement before the mice get to it.
Looking back ( today is Dec. 2024 ) this kit should of tasted good. This is your usual fermentation schedule so what went wrong? You never really said what it tasted like.
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