Hey all,
Been brewing for a bit under 3 months after several years of reading and being insanely indecisibe about pulling the trigger on a given recipe. Ive got a few things on secondaries from my first 6 gallon batch from october(peach/ginger, a cherry and a blueberry ginger. Split out to 1 or 2 gallons from the initial batch)
Past that I just started an experiment a few days back, mixed up a batch of must and then split to seperate carboys to try several different yeast.
3 identical:
1.1 SG to start
1 oz strong black tea
2.5g Go Ferm to start
.9 Fermaid feedings at 24/48/72 hours
4th feeding on day 6(will be happening just after I post this) as these 3 all hit the 1/3rd mark at the same time
The Yeasts on these are Lalvin 71b-1122, Redstar Premier Classique and Mangrove Jacks M05 mead yeast.
I then mixed the remaining must down a bit to try some Ale yeasts and wasn't sure how they would handle the 1.1 SG so 2 more gallons at
1.06 SG to start
1 0z strong black tea
Ferm Go to start
.62/.48/.62 Fermaid feedings at 24/48/72 hours
These two are
Mangrove Jacks Belgian Abbey, currently at 1.055 SG and
Mangrove Jacks Belgian Tripel currently at 1.051 SG
Will do their 4th feeding at 1.045 or tomorrow if they dont hit it before then.
All of the above are in a basement with a pretty stable 59 degree temp at the moment.
I don't have any specific questions at this point, though suggestions of other yeasts to try on future experiments are always welcome. Will update this as things move along.
Been brewing for a bit under 3 months after several years of reading and being insanely indecisibe about pulling the trigger on a given recipe. Ive got a few things on secondaries from my first 6 gallon batch from october(peach/ginger, a cherry and a blueberry ginger. Split out to 1 or 2 gallons from the initial batch)
Past that I just started an experiment a few days back, mixed up a batch of must and then split to seperate carboys to try several different yeast.
3 identical:
1.1 SG to start
1 oz strong black tea
2.5g Go Ferm to start
.9 Fermaid feedings at 24/48/72 hours
4th feeding on day 6(will be happening just after I post this) as these 3 all hit the 1/3rd mark at the same time
The Yeasts on these are Lalvin 71b-1122, Redstar Premier Classique and Mangrove Jacks M05 mead yeast.
I then mixed the remaining must down a bit to try some Ale yeasts and wasn't sure how they would handle the 1.1 SG so 2 more gallons at
1.06 SG to start
1 0z strong black tea
Ferm Go to start
.62/.48/.62 Fermaid feedings at 24/48/72 hours
These two are
Mangrove Jacks Belgian Abbey, currently at 1.055 SG and
Mangrove Jacks Belgian Tripel currently at 1.051 SG
Will do their 4th feeding at 1.045 or tomorrow if they dont hit it before then.
All of the above are in a basement with a pretty stable 59 degree temp at the moment.
I don't have any specific questions at this point, though suggestions of other yeasts to try on future experiments are always welcome. Will update this as things move along.
