Activated Wyeast 1028 London Ale yeast Propagator pack. Lot# 1532052, Mfg 02/27/2007.
April 6, 2007
Yeast Activated
April 4, 2007
Installed airlock
Krausen has completely fallen. I installed the airlock. SG is at 1.021 @ 70F 1.022 Corrected.
April 2, 2007
Bubbling along
The beer is bubbling away still. Foam is no longer being pushed out of the blow off tube, and the krausen has fallen. I will likely put the airlock on today.
April 1, 2007
Final thoughts
This brew turned out just as good as the first ESB. It was a hit with the guys at work. I ended up giving most of it away because everyone liked it so much. Of the few bottles that I kept, some had a Lacto infection and some did not. I attribute this to poor sanitization when I was cleaning bottles. I will be sure to sanitize the bottles a bit longer on future batches. The remaining bottles turned out very good in flavor and fizz.. too much fizz really. I am thinking next time I should use less sugar and use malt sugar instead Hopefully that will provide for smaller bubbles. Also 1oz of Chinook hops makes it slightly too bitter. I should cut back to .75 oz instead.
Fermentation Rocking
Fermentation seems to have peaked, and is starting to subside. Sanitizing solution in catch bucket is brown. About a quart of beer was forced out of the BOT. Will remove BOT and install airlock soon.