Hi guy's I'm brewing a Tripel tomorrow and have the safale abbaye yeast. My OG should be 1.084 and will hopefully end up at 9.15% abv. I have two questions really, what are peoples experiences with this yeast and more importantly should I pitch 2 packets or one? Thanks in advance.
My Tripel and Safale Abbaye yeast
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MyQul
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I''ve never used this yeast so can't contribute any experiences using it but I'd definately pitch two packs. I put your figures into a couple of yeast calcs, but seeing as noone actually agree's on how many cells are actually in a packet of dried yeast I got 1.5 packs from Mr Malty (which I've read is over optomistic a calc) and over 3 packs from brewers fiend (which I think is too conservative a calc) . So I reckon two full packs should do the job
That yeast goes off like a rocket at that og i'd use more than one packet and rehydrated and a blow off tube not an airlock is essential for that one.
all of my safale abbaye brews have escaped the fv and needed clearing up :shock:
to be fair they have all been high abv brews which is why you'd use it as it is tolerant of higher abv brews. but I've done 8.0% with other yeast and it's not been so....... explosive :electric:
Thanks for your responses guy's.
My Qul, that is what I was getting from both of those calculators too, thats why it confused me as the packet says the yeast is good upto 11% abv and one11.5g packet for 20 - 30 ltr wort but I thought it couldnt be right.
Dad_of_jon I'm doing 21 litres in a 30 litre FV will I still need a blow off tube? Maybe I need to ferment this in the bath then.......not sure the wife will approve.
If Mr Malt reckons 1.4 packets and I pitch 2 will I get any unwanted flavours?
My Qul, that is what I was getting from both of those calculators too, thats why it confused me as the packet says the yeast is good upto 11% abv and one11.5g packet for 20 - 30 ltr wort but I thought it couldnt be right.
Dad_of_jon I'm doing 21 litres in a 30 litre FV will I still need a blow off tube? Maybe I need to ferment this in the bath then.......not sure the wife will approve.
If Mr Malt reckons 1.4 packets and I pitch 2 will I get any unwanted flavours?
MyQul
Chairman of the Bored
Nah. You have to massively overpitch to have any ral negative effect. The difference between 1.4 packs and 2 packs (negative effects wise) is negligable. People put new wort on whole yeast cakes from the previous brews without any real negative effects (That only becomes a problem if you do it repeatedly from brew to brew btw)
MyQul
Chairman of the Bored
I've never brewed a beer this big and I probably never will as I don't like beer that strong but if I were do so I aerate the feck out of the wort as the yeast has a lot of work to do with an OG that high
i did 1.073og - 22 litres in a 30 litre fv and it still overflowed. the first time was 1.059og 21 liters in a 25 litre fv and that was bad.
I think at that og you have to be prepared for ....
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just be prepared!
you get a big krausen with this yeast.
