| By Trob on Nov 5th 2009, 9:40 pm | Permalink |
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Today I brewed and did some experimenting. 1. I put my grain bed in in a fine bag to help keep sediment out. I thought it wasn't working after my first runnings so I took it out and ran it again. Second runnings were significantly cloudier, but I might try this again with a larger bag as mine was packed to the brim. It would make cleaning much simpler. 2. Added 11 ounces of baked acorn squash to my mash. Initial wort tasting had a very pleasant taste. 3. Washed my first yeast cake. This is very new to me, but I want to start getting more miles out of my yeast. So now I have three half-pint mason jars in the fridge and in a day or two I will drain the extra water off the top. Soon I will graduate to slants and dishes, but one step at a time. 4. Pressure canned nine mason jars of wort for yeast starters. This just seemed too cool for some reason. I'm ashamed to say that I've brewed nearly 125 gallons since I started in february and I've never done a yeast starter. My problem is I never have yeast or wort before brewing day because I'm too antsy to wait a day. Hopefully having some canned wort and eventually some stored yeast will bring my brewing to the next level. Exciting day so far. I'll keep ya posted. |
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