philm63
Grandmaster Brewer
Just racked my first Kolsch to the keg for some lagering, and the sample had a hint of what I perceived to be banana. Tasted green, as expected, but banana on the nose?
Blasted it with O2 and pitched the starter into a 1.050 5.5G batch on Sunday at 60 F and held it there for the first couple of days when activity started to slow significantly, then slowly raised it to 66 F over the next few days. Dropped totally clear on day 4. Airlock activity basically dropped off on day 5. Took a gravity reading on day 6 - 1.007. Next day, same thing. Couple more days to clean up, and crashed at 32 F, then racked to the keg with gelatin. Sanitation was very good, as usual.
Pretty normal brew, really, just never used this strain before. Anyone else get banana from this strain? And should it have dropped so clear so fast? Too much O2? (0.5 micron stone, 1L/min for 1 minute)
Blasted it with O2 and pitched the starter into a 1.050 5.5G batch on Sunday at 60 F and held it there for the first couple of days when activity started to slow significantly, then slowly raised it to 66 F over the next few days. Dropped totally clear on day 4. Airlock activity basically dropped off on day 5. Took a gravity reading on day 6 - 1.007. Next day, same thing. Couple more days to clean up, and crashed at 32 F, then racked to the keg with gelatin. Sanitation was very good, as usual.
Pretty normal brew, really, just never used this strain before. Anyone else get banana from this strain? And should it have dropped so clear so fast? Too much O2? (0.5 micron stone, 1L/min for 1 minute)