BILLY BREW
Grandmaster Brewer
Just curious, is anyone else doing this?
I realized that I was brewing way more than I could drink by brewing 6 gallon batches (Yeah, I know...I need more friends)
So I started brewing 3 gallon batches of lighter beers such as IPA's and Red's.
Then I got the idea, that my barley wines and imperials held up much better to time, so I tried a 6 gallon batch and put it on the yeast cake of a 3 gallon batch.
Worked so well that it blew the top off the carboy and dropped my gravity from 1.085 to 1.035 in just a few days.
At secondary reading I am down to 1.015 on an imperial stout.
Just thought I would throw this idea out there in case anyone hadn't tried it. And yes I realize that now I am actually brewing more beer than before... I am not the brightest penny in the coin dish.
I realized that I was brewing way more than I could drink by brewing 6 gallon batches (Yeah, I know...I need more friends)
So I started brewing 3 gallon batches of lighter beers such as IPA's and Red's.
Then I got the idea, that my barley wines and imperials held up much better to time, so I tried a 6 gallon batch and put it on the yeast cake of a 3 gallon batch.
Worked so well that it blew the top off the carboy and dropped my gravity from 1.085 to 1.035 in just a few days.
At secondary reading I am down to 1.015 on an imperial stout.
Just thought I would throw this idea out there in case anyone hadn't tried it. And yes I realize that now I am actually brewing more beer than before... I am not the brightest penny in the coin dish.