Going to try and brew an IPA today
  • jlwjlw
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    problem is I have been too lazy to make a starter. So I was thinking about doing what @frydogbrew did and just dump it on the yeast cake from my Rye IPA. I used us-05 for the rye.

    So you just dump it all on top of the old yeast cake? Don't have to do anything else?
  • ceanntceannt
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    Yep .... just dump it on there and stand back ......
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  • jlwjlw
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    Oh another question. Will the rye beer cause any weird off flavors in the IPA

    ceannt
  • ceanntceannt
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    Might get a little residual flavor from it depending on how much beer is left in your fermenter .... but probably not enough to notice
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  • FuzzyFuzzy
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    ceannt said:

    Might get a little residual flavor from it depending on how much beer is left in your fermenter .... but probably not enough to notice



    especially not in an ipa.
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  • ThymThym
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    As a general rule you can pitch darker and/or hoppier beers on top of less dark or less hoppy. If you go the other way you will effect either color or flavor.
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  • frydogbrewsfrydogbrews
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    yeah, but for real, stand back.

    they tend to start fermenting rather explosively.......
  • frydogbrewsfrydogbrews
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    Lakewood said:

    As a general rule you can pitch darker and/or hoppier beers on top of less dark or less hoppy. If you go the other way you will effect either color or flavor.


    this is true, but just to test it a little further, the ten gallon batch of IPA i made three weeks ago, 5 gallons of that was pitched on top of my hoppy robust porter, just to compare it to the other 5 gals of regular, new, s-05

    i will report my findings.
  • C_BC_B
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    Is it an IPA or just a pale ale? Fry will ridicule you endlessly for anything under a thousand IBUs.
    You can use the whole yeast cake or just use a sanitized spoon to scoop some of the yeast off the top of the cake to pitch. The yeast is the lighter creamy looking stuff on top of the cake. This method will help with off flavors from the first beer.
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  • jlwjlw
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    IIPA -103.3 ibu's
  • frydogbrewsfrydogbrews
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    jlw said:

    IIPA -103.3 ibu's



    @C_dubbs
    this is how you make a beer.
    pay close attention.
  • jlwjlw
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    frydogbrews said:

    jlw said:

    IIPA -103.3 ibu's



    @C_dubbs
    this is how you make a beer.
    pay close attention.


    of my next 5 beers 3 will be/are IPA's all around 100 ibu's
  • ceanntceannt
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    I've only made one over 80... target hops ... it was yummy ...
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  • ceanntceannt
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    Got one planned for over 100..... early next year ..... with cat piss and pine tar hops even ...
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  • FuzzyFuzzy
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    ceannt said:

    Got one planned for over 100..... early next year ..... with cat piss and pine tar hops even ...



    don't do it!
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  • jlwjlw
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    ceannt said:

    Got one planned for over 100..... early next year ..... with cat piss and pine tar hops even ...



    don't listen to FZ he's the debil. Do it. Do it. Do it.
  • scoobscoob
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    Brew the Pliny clone, that should have enough IBU for you.

    I think I might brew that one myself...
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  • jlwjlw
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    azscoob said:

    Brew the Pliny clone, that should have enough IBU for you.

    I think I might brew that one myself...


    I am going to have to move the Pliny clone into the rotation. Might have to bump something else out. Maybe the esibock.
  • jlwjlw
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    Mine started fermenting at least within two hours probably quicker but I forgot to check at the hour mark.
  • frydogbrewsfrydogbrews
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    jlw said:

    Mine started fermenting at least within two hours probably quicker but I forgot to check at the hour mark.



    if you dump the wort on the cake when the wort is around 90, it'll start in 20 minutes!
  • C_BC_B
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    frydogbrews said:

    jlw said:

    Mine started fermenting at least within two hours probably quicker but I forgot to check at the hour mark.



    if you dump the wort on the cake when the wort is around 90, it'll start in 20 minutes!

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  • jlwjlw
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    frydogbrews said:

    jlw said:

    Mine started fermenting at least within two hours probably quicker but I forgot to check at the hour mark.



    if you dump the wort on the cake when the wort is around 90, it'll start in 20 minutes!


    I chilled it down to about 75 and dumped. I had a little bit of blow off in the airlock and a little bit in the seperate blow off tube. I have only had one other fermenation like this one where it like builds for a few seconds and then barfs gas in a bunch of bubbles. Builds and does it again. Hell, I may brew another IIPA this weekend just to do it again.

    How many times can you reuse like this?
  • frydogbrewsfrydogbrews
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    jlw said:

    frydogbrews said:

    jlw said:

    Mine started fermenting at least within two hours probably quicker but I forgot to check at the hour mark.



    if you dump the wort on the cake when the wort is around 90, it'll start in 20 minutes!


    I chilled it down to about 75 and dumped. I had a little bit of blow off in the airlock and a little bit in the seperate blow off tube. I have only had one other fermenation like this one where it like builds for a few seconds and then barfs gas in a bunch of bubbles. Builds and does it again. Hell, I may brew another IIPA this weekend just to do it again.

    How many times can you reuse like this?


    most i have done was 5 times without any noticable effects. could have gone six, but the people on the other site were all "there are mutations, your beer is going to be ruined, blah blah blah."

    i was getting all backed up on beer then anyway.
  • frydogbrewsfrydogbrews
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    C_dubbs said:

    frydogbrews said:

    jlw said:

    Mine started fermenting at least within two hours probably quicker but I forgot to check at the hour mark.



    if you dump the wort on the cake when the wort is around 90, it'll start in 20 minutes!

    If anyone ever stumbles across this looking for advice, don't do it.


    all you have to do is be prepared....something that, ahem, you seem to be lacking in lately C-to the-dubble.....
  • C_BC_B
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    jlw said:

    frydogbrews said:

    jlw said:

    Mine started fermenting at least within two hours probably quicker but I forgot to check at the hour mark.



    if you dump the wort on the cake when the wort is around 90, it'll start in 20 minutes!


    I chilled it down to about 75 and dumped. I had a little bit of blow off in the airlock and a little bit in the seperate blow off tube. I have only had one other fermenation like this one where it like builds for a few seconds and then barfs gas in a bunch of bubbles. Builds and does it again. Hell, I may brew another IIPA this weekend just to do it again.

    How many times can you reuse like this?

    From what I've read, after five or six fermentation you will get a noticeable change in the yeast characteristics as the mutate. I've also read about guys doing ten or twelve batches with no discernible difference. I expect sanitation is the trick.
    Oh, and if you do it more than once.... The better practice is to use a fresh fermenter and scoop some of the yeast over to it. That way you have less flavor from the old batch and get a clean fermenter.
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  • C_BC_B
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    frydogbrews said:

    C_dubbs said:

    frydogbrews said:

    jlw said:

    Mine started fermenting at least within two hours probably quicker but I forgot to check at the hour mark.



    if you dump the wort on the cake when the wort is around 90, it'll start in 20 minutes!

    If anyone ever stumbles across this looking for advice, don't do it.


    all you have to do is be prepared....something that, ahem, you seem to be lacking in lately C-to the-dubble.....

    Be prepared to chill it down from 90 in a ferm chamber? That's a hell of a temp drop before the yeast go bonkers at way too high of a temp.
    EDIT, that came off sarcastic. It was not. I would actually like to know what you mean by prepared, in this case.
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  • FuzzyFuzzy
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    jlw said:

    azscoob said:

    Brew the Pliny clone, that should have enough IBU for you.

    I think I might brew that one myself...


    I am going to have to move the Pliny clone into the rotation. Might have to bump something else out. Maybe the esibock.


    not that one! i want to hear how it turns out.
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  • frydogbrewsfrydogbrews
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    C_dubbs said:

    frydogbrews said:

    C_dubbs said:

    frydogbrews said:

    jlw said:

    Mine started fermenting at least within two hours probably quicker but I forgot to check at the hour mark.



    if you dump the wort on the cake when the wort is around 90, it'll start in 20 minutes!

    If anyone ever stumbles across this looking for advice, don't do it.


    all you have to do is be prepared....something that, ahem, you seem to be lacking in lately C-to the-dubble.....

    Be prepared to chill it down from 90 in a ferm chamber? That's a hell of a temp drop before the yeast go bonkers at way too high of a temp.
    EDIT, that came off sarcastic. It was not. I would actually like to know what you mean by prepared, in this case.


    your wort is around 90, the yeast cake is nice and cold. after blending it will be a nice temp.
    and by prepared i mean a blow off tube rigged, (rigged well, with lots of room in the bowl for extra deposits through the tube) and that isn't pinched hard by whatever is holding the tube to the side of the bowl.
    i still place a thick towel on top of the grommet coming out of the bucket, just in case it blows the tube out because of a clog or something, it won't spray my ceiling. i also lay a towel around the base of the bucket in case stuff comes out it doesn't get all over the floor.

    i have learned to do all this by experience... >:P
  • C_BC_B
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    frydogbrews said:

    C_dubbs said:

    frydogbrews said:

    C_dubbs said:

    frydogbrews said:

    jlw said:

    Mine started fermenting at least within two hours probably quicker but I forgot to check at the hour mark.



    if you dump the wort on the cake when the wort is around 90, it'll start in 20 minutes!

    If anyone ever stumbles across this looking for advice, don't do it.


    all you have to do is be prepared....something that, ahem, you seem to be lacking in lately C-to the-dubble.....

    Be prepared to chill it down from 90 in a ferm chamber? That's a hell of a temp drop before the yeast go bonkers at way too high of a temp.
    EDIT, that came off sarcastic. It was not. I would actually like to know what you mean by prepared, in this case.


    your wort is around 90, the yeast cake is nice and cold. after blending it will be a nice temp.

    No.
    Isn't the yeast cake already at your target temp? ~1 gallon of 60 degree trub is not going to drop 5.5 gallons of 90 degree wort more than 8-10 degrees (and that's being generous). So you're still at 80+.
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  • frydogbrewsfrydogbrews
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    my trub is well below target temp because it is in my basement and sometimes actually in my keezer in case i don't use it that day.
    so sometimes, its at 35 degrees.

    i never said it was "right", just that i do it with good results.
  • frydogbrewsfrydogbrews
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    besides, its documented that you can't read a thermometer!
  • C_BC_B
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    Let me be clear, I'm not arguing your results. I'm arguing the method. Something is missing. Pitching 90 degree wort on a yeast cake is not a good practice for someone to try without having the ability to cool that wort immediately after pitching. Within an hour or so.
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  • C_BC_B
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    frydogbrews said:

    my trub is well below target temp because it is in my basement and sometimes actually in my keezer in case i don't use it that day.
    so sometimes, its at 35 degrees.

    i never said it was "right", just that i do it with good results.



    Ah. Ok. That needed to be clarified.
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  • C_BC_B
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    frydogbrews said:

    besides, its documented that you can't read a thermometer!


    Yep.
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  • ceanntceannt
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    you guys use a thermometer??? I just stick my finger in it.....
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  • frydogbrewsfrydogbrews
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    finger.......that would be a better body part.....
  • C_BC_B
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    frydogbrews said:

    finger.......that would be a better body part.....


    Ha. Eww. Is that how you check your mead? I drank two bottles of that...
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  • ceanntceannt
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    C_dubbs said:

    frydogbrews said:

    finger.......that would be a better body part.....


    Ha. Eww. Is that how you check your mead? I drank two bottles of that...


    just got coffee on my keyboard on that one........
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