of mice and gods
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So, now that I've got my double batches down I thought I'd start altering things post boil to do some side by side comparisons. This time the variable was yeast, namely MJ's m44 and safale US05.
The candidate was a citra/cascade IPA with perle for bittering. circa 70IBU, OG approx 1060, FG to be measured. two identical fermenters pitched with 20L each of the above brew, not aerated, dry yeast sprinkled over surface (m44 was a dark orange colour, not much movement for the first day then as others saw, it formed a nice tight krausen and did it's thing. US05 was up and running pretty early on, as per usual), on with the glad wrap and ferm fridge set at 18.5c. At day 7 both recieved a dry hop of 15g Citra and 30g Cascade, dropped temp by a degree or two a day for 4 days, crash to 1c for 1 day (in a hurry to have beer for the old boys BBQ)
Anyway, I'm just getting ready to take my FG readings and keg, so had my first taste of the brews. And here are my ignorant tasting thoughts..
m44 - dry hop aroma was excellent, what I've been chasing. on tasting there was a very pronounced short lingering bitterness but not astringent, however it lacked that "citrusy" flavour I am used to from my US05 ales.
US05 - dry hop aroma minimal to almost nil, noticeably less upfront bitterness, more balanced. And it had that "citrusy" flavour I like.
Both are noticeably different beers which I can only account to the yeast being as far as possible I maintained the other variables. Both have good qualities.. if I could get that m44 aroma retention with the us05 flavour I'd be laughing.. so I think I'll keg both and try some blending in the glass.
Pics to follow in a couple of days.
Cheers,
Al
The candidate was a citra/cascade IPA with perle for bittering. circa 70IBU, OG approx 1060, FG to be measured. two identical fermenters pitched with 20L each of the above brew, not aerated, dry yeast sprinkled over surface (m44 was a dark orange colour, not much movement for the first day then as others saw, it formed a nice tight krausen and did it's thing. US05 was up and running pretty early on, as per usual), on with the glad wrap and ferm fridge set at 18.5c. At day 7 both recieved a dry hop of 15g Citra and 30g Cascade, dropped temp by a degree or two a day for 4 days, crash to 1c for 1 day (in a hurry to have beer for the old boys BBQ)
Anyway, I'm just getting ready to take my FG readings and keg, so had my first taste of the brews. And here are my ignorant tasting thoughts..
m44 - dry hop aroma was excellent, what I've been chasing. on tasting there was a very pronounced short lingering bitterness but not astringent, however it lacked that "citrusy" flavour I am used to from my US05 ales.
US05 - dry hop aroma minimal to almost nil, noticeably less upfront bitterness, more balanced. And it had that "citrusy" flavour I like.
Both are noticeably different beers which I can only account to the yeast being as far as possible I maintained the other variables. Both have good qualities.. if I could get that m44 aroma retention with the us05 flavour I'd be laughing.. so I think I'll keg both and try some blending in the glass.
Pics to follow in a couple of days.
Cheers,
Al