Easy- just a standard PA with obscene amounts of dry hops. Loving Nelson Sauv atm for this type of beer, when used as the dominant hop it gives amazing stone fruit and tropical fruit (Mangos) aromas and flavours.
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I've stupidly never used Nelson yet. It keeps slipping my mind when i'm buying hops...
I used it very early on in my brewing days. Got a winey reisling flavour which I didnt like. Only just rediscovered it after having a heap af great Kiwi beers loaded with it. I think the trick is to use it either in the background at <20% or let it dominate at >75%. I have been letting it dominate and have really liked the beers. Matches well with Mosaic but reckon it would also be great with some of the kiwi hops like riwaka, Kohetu etc.
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Kiwi hops are the s**t. I love motueka and kohatu. I've used hallertau blanc before which i think is similar to nelson in that winey regard. really liked it.
Ah yeah and Cascade. Interesting, haven't had fat yak in ages!
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I remember it was pretty good when it first came out but apparently they changed the recipie a few year back.
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Fat Yak is one of the worst beers I've ever tasted (these days).They definitely changed the recipe.
Had some work NoR and was heading back to the office past Cellarbrations in Carlisle, they were unloading the new Feral West Coast IIPA birthday cubes! Grabbed a single for me and a 4 pack for a gift for a mate. Let's see if it lasts...
Had some work NoR and was heading back to the office past Cellarbrations in Carlisle, they were unloading the new Feral West Coast IIPA birthday cubes! Grabbed a single for me and a 4 pack for a gift for a mate. Let's see if it lasts...
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Yeah it's trash these days
Currently not in the business of home brew, however, I have been getting on the subs quite massively lately. Gotta frequent that thread more actually.
Lol at the wrong tag. Unsurprisingly you still got a Like from CM9000
Mine was much lower gravity - around 6% I think - but I was pretty happy with it. It was a banana bomb at first and tasted a bit extreme with the dry hop, but it mellowed out after a week or so.
Happily once it mellowed a bit the ester/hop flavour ended up merging as one and stayed fairly constant over the next few weeks. It’s almost empty. Going to brew something similar again though I reckon I’ll it all back a bit and just give it a single hop that complements the banana
It wasn’t very much like the Schneider Weisse hopfen but still a good beer.
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Just cracked a saison for a test (also 4 other beers deep) and it's *en unbelievable. So much strawberry (legit smells like Ben and Jerry's strawberry cheesecake) and is gonna be *en incredible in a couple of weeks when it's ready. Like the biggest chopping board filled with blue cheese and quince w***er beer ever.
My upcoming list:
November: Bohemian Pilsner
December: Belgian Wit
January: Kolsch
February: Pale Ale with Kveik
March: Belgian Dark Strong
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Is there any particular style that this kveik yeast prefers? I'm doing a standard pale ale at the moment I'm not sure if I should use it for this or stick with the USo5.
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The Kveik is in the fermenter sitting at 35 degrees.
I'm a bit worries it's gonna make a mess of my fridge
I'm a bit worries it's gonna make a mess of my fridge
I don’t know if it gets that foamy. Should be fineThe Kveik is in the fermenter sitting at 35 degrees.
I'm a bit worries it's gonna make a mess of my fridge
this reddit thread might give you some ideas:
I think it will go well in a hoppy pale ale.
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The Kveik is in the fermenter sitting at 35 degrees.
I'm a bit worries it's gonna make a mess of my fridge
How did you get it to that hot?
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I actually crash chilled it to 35 added the yeast then ive got a heat belt plugged into my temp control. When I checked this morn it was on 30 degrees I'm spewin it dropped but it should be fine from now on I hope.
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LOL feeling kinda dumb now, makes sense get it to 35 after the boil for some reason I'm thinking you chilled to 20 and went back up.
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Lol I’m messy as. I’d fail as a pro.Bubbling away pretty damn quick as of 7a.m.
Only been in there for 8hours.
It also smells great!
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BTW when I took a hydro reading my tap f’ed up and spilt a bit of wort in the fridge. Cleaned it up after the photo...I'm not a grub I promise
Wouldn’t worry at all about it dropping to 30. She’ll be finished in another couple of days, I imagine. One of the reasons people love kveik is how stupidly fast it finishes and (mostly) cleans up. It’s not a super clean yeast but basically it won’t matter if you wait 4 days or 14 - it should be completely done either way.
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It's still bubbling away but looks to be nearly done.
I can definitely taste the orange/mango notes that people talk about. I'm pretty excited about this beer now!! And this yeast!
I'm gonna chill it down after it's done and bomb it with dry hops then keg it.
I can definitely taste the orange/mango notes that people talk about. I'm pretty excited about this beer now!! And this yeast!
I'm gonna chill it down after it's done and bomb it with dry hops then keg it.
