Sunday, November 30, 2008

Black Yeast

You've all seen my video of my airlock bubbling while my yeasty friends do their thing. In case you missed it, here's what happy yeast looks like outside of the fermentation vessel

But under the lid, that's where the action is. Check out the yeast action under the lid of my Black Chocolate Stout while at the high krausen stage. Oh, if only you could scratch and sniff...

My target gravity was a little low at 1.080 (I had hoped for 1.090) but I'm still hopeful that I can get 10% ABV out of this batch. Try to get that in your Louisiana Coors Lite!

Stay tuned for final gravity results.

Hey Ralph - how was your interaction with the man?

1 comment:

Ralph said...

The interaction was great, actually. He's a great guy, very easy to talk to. I told him that I've cloned the Black Chocolate Stout (and that you were doing it right now) and he said that next time I should bring a bottle by the brewery.