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I've done a search on here to no avail. Has anyone got a tried and tested fat yak recipe? I will give you a big thumbs up if you do and post it ;)
 
i have one in the recipe db called 'fatter yak'

edit: i dont dry hop it any more, you can if you want but taste it first
 
One of my very first BIAB recipes was one MHB prepared for me and it got me addicted to AG. I hope I'm allowed to post it since it wasn't my formulation. For 23 litres into the FV it was:

Fat Yak Clone
Ale (MEU-Au) 5 Kg
Wheat Malt (BB-Au) 680g
Carared (GER) 390g
POR 30g @ 60 mins; Cascade 18g & Nels Sauv 9g @ 10 mins
Cascade 18g & Nels Sauv 9g Dry hop
2 X 11g Danstar Windsor
 
Hey Mate,
I found this recipe here somewhere. It was a really nice beer and will make it again. It was close to a Fat Yak, I didn't hit the efficiencies so that may be why it wasn't perfect.
All in all I think it is a good starting point.
It's also been said here that the current Fat Yak that is sold is not as good as the originally brewed beer.



[SIZE=medium]Recipe: 041 Fat Yak Version 3[/SIZE]
[SIZE=medium]Brewer: Dicko[/SIZE]
[SIZE=medium]Asst Brewer:[/SIZE]
[SIZE=medium]Style: Australian Pale Ale[/SIZE]
[SIZE=medium]TYPE: All Grain[/SIZE]
[SIZE=medium]Taste: (30.0)[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]Recipe Specifications[/SIZE]
[SIZE=medium]--------------------------[/SIZE]
[SIZE=medium]Boil Size: 29.46 l[/SIZE]
[SIZE=medium]Post Boil Volume: 26.00 l[/SIZE]
[SIZE=medium]Batch Size (fermenter): 25.00 l [/SIZE]
[SIZE=medium]Bottling Volume: 25.00 l[/SIZE]
[SIZE=medium]Estimated OG: 1.047 SG[/SIZE]
[SIZE=medium]Estimated Color: 6.5 SRM[/SIZE]
[SIZE=medium]Estimated IBU: 37.2 IBUs[/SIZE]
[SIZE=medium]Brewhouse Efficiency: 80.00 %[/SIZE]
[SIZE=medium]Est Mash Efficiency: 80.0 %[/SIZE]
[SIZE=medium]Boil Time: 60 Minutes[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]Ingredients:[/SIZE]
[SIZE=medium]------------[/SIZE]
[SIZE=medium]Amt Name Type %/IBU [/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]3.41 kg Pale Malt, (Barrett Burston) (1.5 SRM) Grain 73.2 % [/SIZE]
[SIZE=medium]0.64 kg Munich, Dark (Joe White) (15.0 SRM) Grain 13.8 % [/SIZE]
[SIZE=medium]0.40 kg Wheat Malt (Barrett Burston) (1.5 SRM) Grain 8.6 % [/SIZE]
[SIZE=medium]0.20 kg Crystal, Pale Bairds (50.8 SRM) Grain 4.3 % [/SIZE]
[SIZE=medium]9.50 g Horizon [10.30 %] - Boil 60.0 min Hop 10.9 IBUs [/SIZE]
[SIZE=medium]15.00 g Cascade [6.20 %] - Boil 20.0 min Hop 6.3 IBUs [/SIZE]
[SIZE=medium]15.00 g Nelson Sauvin [10.80 %] - Boil 20.0 min Hop 10.9 IBUs [/SIZE]
[SIZE=medium]4.35 g BREW BRITE (Boil 10.0 mins) Fining - [/SIZE]
[SIZE=medium]15.00 g Cascade [6.20 %] - Boil 10.0 min Hop 3.7 IBUs [/SIZE]
[SIZE=medium]3.19 g YEAST NUTRIENT (Boil 10.0 mins) Other - [/SIZE]
[SIZE=medium]15.00 g Nelson Sauvin [10.80 %] - Steep/Whirlpoo Hop 5.5 IBUs [/SIZE]
[SIZE=medium]1.0 pkg Safale American (DCL/Fermentis #US-05) Yeast - [/SIZE]
[SIZE=medium]25.00 g Cascade [6.20 %] - Dry Hop 7.0 Days Hop 0.0 IBUs - in the cube [/SIZE]


[SIZE=medium]Mash Schedule 66 deg 60 mins[/SIZE]
[SIZE=medium]The whirlpool hops were added at 80 deg c and steeped for 20 minutes[/SIZE]
[SIZE=medium]The horizon hops could be substituted for any bittering hop. POR would be fine.[/SIZE]
 
That recipe will get you very close to the original Fat Yak.

As claypot said...dont compare it to the current Fat Yak offering as they have changed it.
 
i agree the current yak isn't a shaddow of its former self, it must be about 4 years ago when it changed.
I'd love to brew this one............, if it is in fact the original version?
Looks fairly light on the dry hop tho ?
 
Hey Dicko,
It was your recipe wasn't it?
I thought it was a great beer and well worth anyones time to brew.
Thanks for posting it originally, I really enjoyed it.
Cheers.
 
dicko said:
That recipe will get you very close to the original Fat Yak.

As claypot said...dont compare it to the current Fat Yak offering as they have changed it.
I loved fat yak back then, I was stoked when it was getting bigger and you could find it just about anywhere, and then the recipe changed and now I only drink it if the only other beers are mainstream lagers. Shame really
 
claypot said:
Hey Dicko,
It was your recipe wasn't it?
I thought it was a great beer and well worth anyones time to brew.
Thanks for posting it originally, I really enjoyed it.
Cheers.
Yes although I will not take all the credit for it as there was a lot of conversation on another forum with a guy called Drew from WA and between us we came up with a couple of recipes that were very close.
The one above is what I came up with and it is the one I have stuck with.

@Moog,
You could dry hop it a bit more if that is what you feel it needs....as you can see I called that recipe version 3 but it was actually formulated over many trials.
The above recipe is the one I still brew currently. :chug: :chug:
 

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