2 November 2009 – Brewed another APA in the style of fat yak (see version 1), but dialled back the hops a little as they were a bit over the top last time I brewed this beer. Will also be using one of the new Proculture yeasts I picked up this week. recipe this time looked something like this:
- 4.0 kg Joe White Ale Malt
- 0.5kg Joe White Wheat Mallt
- 0.2kg Crystal 40
- 10g Nelson Sauvin, 10g Cascade Hops @ 45 min
- 10g Nelson Sauvin, 10g Cascade Hops @ 10 min
- 10g Nelson Sauvin, 10g Cascade Hops @ 0 min
- 15g Cascade Hops to be dry hopped after primary ferment
- 1 Whirfloc tablet @ 10 min
- ProCulture Pro10 Yeast – Sierra Navada Ale
Pretty much hit all my numbers on this brew which was great. OG pre-boil of 1.040 and post-boil of 1.049.
No-chilled as usual and will pitch in a couple of days once I rack the Mirror Pond into the keg.
3 November 2009 – Pitched a 1L starter of the Proculture Pro-10 Sierra Nevada Ale yeast. Took off like a rocket and should be finished well under 48 hours. Going to split into 4 and build up another 1L starter to pitch in this brew.
4th November 2009 – Got impatient and pitched the whole starter in the wort. I wanted to start using further generations of the yeast anyway and will use the trub for an amber next.
5th November 2009 – Nice healthy krausen by the morning…smells great!
7th November 2009 – Off to New Zealand in the morning, so dry hopped this afternoon. Ferment was starting to drop off anyway.
14th November 2009 – transferred to keg. See how it tastes in a few days…
15th November 2009 – Sneaked a taste this evening and quite impressed. The toned down hop schedule along with quality yeast has done wonders for this beer. Extremely close to the original 
24th November 2009 – Sneaked a couple after work and this is getting better with a couple of weeks under it’s belt. At first I detected a harshness coming from the Nelson hops but this is starting to dissipate and becoming much easier to drink…mmm…think I’ll have another to be sure
29th November 2009 – After having a few real Fat Yak’s today, I think the bitterness on my version is a tad high. Next time I might go with the same hop additions but the first going in at around 30 minutes. Something like this…
- 10g Nelson Sauvin, 10g Cascade Hops @ 30 min
- 10g Nelson Sauvin, 10g Cascade Hops @ 5 min
- 10g Nelson Sauvin, 10g Cascade Hops @ 0 min
- 15g Cascade Hops to be dry hopped after primary ferment
2 responses so far ↓
pete // 10 November, 2009 at 11:10 am |
paddo do you think amarillo/cascade would make something in this ball park???
padden // 10 November, 2009 at 11:49 am |
Hey Pete, Nelson Sauvin has it’s own unique flavour but still in a similar group as amarillo and cascade. However cascade and amarillo are great hops to use just on their own. Cascade would be my pick and the Mirror Pond on my site is a pretty good drop. If you wanted to just go amarillo (ie golden ale) I would recommend using the Dr Smurto Golden Ale recipe on the Aussie Home Brewer site.