Economy Size Geek

We’re starting a series of brew days today all using the same yeast. Today it is Verboten Vrukt (Forbidden Fruit). It starts with an SG of ~1.090 - so we needed a big starter to make sure this thing ferments properly. I ended up propagating about 5 liters of yeast. I’m trying an experiment where I bottle some of that yeast as slurry and use it to brew the other batches of beer. The next two batches will be variations on a traditional Wit Beer. One is very simple - the other is a little complicated - but both are still going to be extract + grains. I’m actually going to be filming those brew days for a class on home brewing I’m going to be teaching.

Here’s a picture of me with the starter. Yes that is a Coors Light Shirt. Some friends got it for me as a gift and made we wear it around (as a joke). I figured it is perfectly appropriate to wear it on brew day.