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[chadm75]

Fo the first time in my brewing career, I pitched freshly brewed wort onto a fresh yeast cake of 1056. I knew this method is known for the fermentation process to take off quickly, but holy hell! I pitched and not even 90 minutes later, this is what I got...the link takes you to my site and the video is on the front page.

[ncbeerbrewer]

Fo the first time in my brewing career, I pitched freshly brewed wort onto a fresh yeast cake of 1056. I knew this method is known for the fermentation process to take off quickly, but holy hell! I pitched and not even 90 minutes later, this is what I got...the link takes you to my site and the video is on the front page.

Nice. While I can't seem to get your video to load pitching onto fresh yeast that came from a previous fermentation is nice. I brewed a Robust Porter on friday night and repitched 1056 as well. Mine took off in around 5 hours which works for me too. Hope it keeps chugging along for you though too!! Mike

[ThroatwobblerMangrove]

Fo the first time in my brewing career, I pitched freshly brewed wort onto a fresh yeast cake of 1056. I knew this method is known for the fermentation process to take off quickly, but holy hell! I pitched and not even 90 minutes later, this is what I got...the link takes you to my site and the video is on the front page.

that's pretty impressive! I have yet to do this. Maybe something to try on some of my next brews. how long of a primary did the yeast do prior to this?

[johnpreuss]

That is why I ferment in the 7.9 gal bucket!!

[BarelyBrews]

Nice,the quickest i think i had take off was made 2-3 hours using a slurry.

[chadm75]

that's pretty impressive! I have yet to do this. Maybe something to try on some of my next brews. how long of a primary did the yeast do prior to this?

I had this yeast in primary for exactly a week. I brewed an IPA with it two Saturdays ago, racked the IPA to a secondary and then pitched fresh Christmas Ale wort on it this past Saturday.

That is why I ferment in the 7.9 gal bucket!!

I primary ferment in a 6 gallon Better Bottle so with this violent of a fermentation, I've lost probably a gallon and a half of beer in the blow off.

[ThroatwobblerMangrove]

I primary ferment in a 6 gallon Better Bottle so with this violent of a fermentation, I've lost probably a gallon and a half of beer in the blow off.

I've thought about getting one of these to try it out. Do you have a lot of blow off problems? It's really too bad they don't make 7gal better bottles b/c I would try that without hesitation for a primary.ETA: I already use 5gal better bottles for secondary/clearing up.

[SchwanzBrewer]

I couldn't see the vid. I've had some serious fermentation's going before, but they have never escaped the carboy. Did get some in the airlock before. I have never brewed enough to rack a beer onto anothers slurry. Sure would save a few bucks.Cheers,Rich

[chadm75]

Sorry some of you can't see the video. Looks like you have to have Quicktime installed to view. I'm a Mac guy!

Do you have a lot of blow off problems?

I use a blow-off almost exclusively now unless I've got multiple batches in primary fermentation. Never have I had a fermentation like this! The closest fermentation to this I've had is with that Belgian Wit yeast...that stuff will blow the roof off your house!

I couldn't see the vid. I've had some serious fermentation's going before, but they have never escaped the carboy. Did get some in the airlock before. I have never brewed enough to rack a beer onto anothers slurry. Sure would save a few bucks.Cheers,Rich

It does save a few bucks. But this was the first time I actually pitched onto a slurry. I've always harvested my yeast and re-pitched in fresh wort. I don't know if I'd do this again because of the wort lost due to the blowoff but it certainly produces a great fermentation.

[jimdkc]

I couldn't get the movie to play on the web page, but I right clicked and saved it to my desktop and I could play that...Jim(also a Mac guy)

[chadm75]

I figured why my vid is showing right away. It doesn't automaticlly pop up on the page but loads in the background and only takes a few seconds...

[gnef]

I pitch onto slurries on a regular basis. It saves so much money I try to do it for every batch (plus I am lazy). If I really want to just pitch on top of a slurry, I can usually time a series of brews well enough so that I don't even have to make starters.I realized when I was still doing extract that if I could do 5 batches (5 gallon batches), using the same liquid yeast, one of the batches was essentially free. Now that I've moved on to 10 gallon all grain, and buying everything in bulk, that savings is even greater now.