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Offline gcam333

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« on: October 17, 2010, 02:50:39 pm »
I am boiling up a 1.054 ESB (Target) Should I go with 1 pack US-04 or 2 ?
Thanks in advance, I dont want to over attenuate.
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Re: US-04
« Reply #1 on: October 17, 2010, 02:52:38 pm »
Assuming a 5 gal. batch, 1 is plenty.
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Re: US-04
« Reply #2 on: October 17, 2010, 02:53:04 pm »
Pitching rate has nothing to do with attenuation IME.

BTW, it's US-05 and S-04. I'm assuming you're using the latter.
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Re: US-04
« Reply #3 on: October 17, 2010, 02:54:10 pm »
It is a 6 Gal Batch Denny.
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Re: US-04
« Reply #4 on: October 17, 2010, 02:55:37 pm »
Yes S-04
6 Gal boil 5.5 in the fermenter
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Re: US-04
« Reply #5 on: October 17, 2010, 02:57:18 pm »
Like Denny said, 1 packet is enough for a batch of that size and gravity.  Using two won't hurt, but it's not needed.
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Re: US-04
« Reply #6 on: October 17, 2010, 03:00:04 pm »
Thanks a bunch guys.
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