Insane Fermentation

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Insane Fermentation

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So this past weekend I brewed a batch of barleywine.

While it was boiling I racked a pale ale out of primary and into secondary leaving its yeast behind for the barleywine to go into...

This is the result: a crazy, violent fermenting mass that looks and smells amazing:
http://www.essersnet.com/php/content.php?viewPage&ID=68

I have never seen a primary take off so quickly (within 90 minutes) or ferment so visibly.

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OG 1.103
temp: 74 F
yeast: WYeast 1056 from slurry
oxygenated with pure, filtered oxygen for 3 minutes
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Wow -- what happened around here? :)

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Not a single reply! :P
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Missing Out

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It has been slow around hasn't it? BTW I couldn't get the QuickTime thing to function, so I'm missing out on your violent primary :(
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BillyBock wrote: BTW I couldn't get the QuickTime thing to function, so I'm missing out on your violent primary :(
Uh oh, really?! It's REALLY basic compression so I can't imagine you don't have the codec.

Here is a direct link to the file: http://www.essersnet.com/images/2005/crazybeer.mov

Let me know if that works!

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Insane Fermentation

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Cool clip. That one is really cranking! I've seen the Wyeast Activatir take off with Belgian yeasts, but this one takes the cake! :mrgreen:
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Charlie: Got it working...that thing's really cooking!
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Yea yea yea, Slow reply guy I know.

Can I come over if my Russian Imperial gets sewered?
Sounds like you got brewing going on and I have cob webs going on.
(In head and brew sculpture).

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Better late than never!

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Dude, come over anytime and we'll fire it up!

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Post by littlehop »

ive been using safale dry yeast on cheap beers to make them even cheaper. I see this same type of activity every time with that yeast. Even on lower gravity beers. Im fermenting around 67 deg.
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