29th August 2009 – Having a crack at a Fat Yak clone. This one will have a little more bitterness and hop aroma but hopefully pretty close. Here goes..
- 4.0 kg Joe White Ale Malt
- 0.5kg Joe White Wheat Mallt
- 0.2kg Crystal 40
- 5g Nelson Sauvin, 10g Cascade Hops @ 45 min
- 10g Nelson Sauvin, 15g Cascade Hops @ 10 min
- 15g Nelson Sauvin, 15g Cascade Hops @ 0 min
- 20g Cascade Hops to be dry hopped after primary ferment
- 1 Whirfloc tablet @ 10 min
- Safale US05 – American Ale Yeast
Mashed with 18L of water at 71deg which settled at 65deg in the Mash. Mashed for 75 min
Drained and sparged with extra 17L of water at 76deg. OG was 1.046 before the boil (spot on).
Boiled for around 10 min in kettle till hot break then for another hour with hop addition as above.
Transferred to 20L cube after flameout for no-chill.
30th August 2009 – Pitched a rehydrated US01 which took off within about 3 hours which was enncouraging. Also realised I forgot to add the whirfloc in the boil and the wort is really cloudy 
4th September 2009 – This brew has almost fermented out already. Added 20g cascade as drop hop this afternoon and plan to leave for another 4-5 days before cold crashing.
20th September 2009 – Bottled after 2 weeks ferment and 1 week crash chilled at 1deg C. still a bit cloudy from the protein but tastes great
28th September 2009 – Wow this is really tasty and I am confident the hops are right, but plenty more aroma and taste than the real fat yak. If you wanted to get closer to the real thing perhaps 2/3 or even half of the hops in the recipe above. Personally though I think this is great and wish fat yak has this much flavour!
