Today was transfer day at Philbony's Place. Batch #2 is now in the secondary fermenter. Siphoning went without a hitch. Clean, sanitary, very clear. Got a 1.025 gravity measurement - a tad high perhaps, but right on track.
But the yield is waaaay low. Out of a 5-gallon start, I ended up with only 4-1/4 gallons in the secondary.
This is almost entirely due to all the sediment carried over from the boil pot. No real surprise there. This beer had 5 hop additions and started with 15.5 pounds of grain. That, plus I haven't really gotten a good feel for letting sediment settle out in the boil kettle and/or filtering during transfer to the primary fermenter. Still, it's more than the first batch, so I'm getting better at this! Live and learn.
This beer tastes good. Sharp hoppy flavor, that allegedly will balance with strengthening malt character during bottle conditioning. That's supposed to take a month and I won't bottle for another week or more. So you eager patriotic beavers will have to endure a good, but not yet great beer. Ahh, life and the compromises we're forced to make.
Photos for posterity:
Prepping for transfer (note heavy layer of sediment on bottom and ring of kraeusen around the top of the liquid)
Transfer begins (No aeration!)
Complete!
Yuck
Back to the lager (basement)
A Sample
1 comment:
Looks Jack Tasty to me-
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