Sunday, October 30, 2011

Number XIII - Lessons

Try an iodine test on sugar solution and see what happens.
Fix mash tun, watch out for plastic tap as it stresses when hot and may break - can I improve that too?
Try to design a metal pipe from boiler for adding hot water to mash, and for connecting to a filter/cooling system.

The fermentation for Number XIII is slowing now, tomorrow it will be ready to take to the cellar and filter into another barrel for a longer fermentation.  Tuesday is a day off so I'll do it then.  I will also preserve a couple of vials of this yeast as it seems to have worked well enough.


Tested again at about 9pm and it's turning out to be a good one - dry and hoppy with a slight citrus fruit taste.   Very pleased.
Fermentation is finished, no visible activity at all.

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