Cascade

[robbarwell]

Sorting out store I've found a kilo of Cascade. Opened the sealed bag and it smells glorious. Brew on tomorrow

[robbarwell]

Decided to do my own version of Darkstar hophead.

For 75 litres

12.5kg low colour Maris Otter
1.25kg Wheat Malt

Mash 66degrees for 60 mins

Hops

35gms Cascade 7.6aa for 60 mins
100gms Cascade 7.6aa for 15 mins
100gms Cascade 7.6aa for 5 mins

20 mins steep

Mangrove jack M44

[robbarwell]

I read somewhere that M44 West Coast yeast is a slow starter..I pitched and within 3 hours I had signs of fermentation and its chugging along like a good un now...smells devine

[charliemartin]

Sounds like a tasty brew. By the way, how did you manage to lose a kilo of Cascade?!!!

Cheers,
Charliemartin

[robbarwell]

It's on chill now having dropped from 1040 to 1007..For the record..M44 says it's a top fermenting strain...it's not it bubbles just like SO4.. finnings going in and shoving into kegs

[robbarwell]

Beer turned out ok...not a Hophead at all, very disappointed with this yeast. It will not drop clear

[dbg400]

That's a shame I've had very good results with M44 - The beer in this post viewtopic.php?f=16&t=2241&start=7800#p791378 was done with it.

[orlando]

I read somewhere that M44 West Coast yeast is a slow starter..I pitched and within 3 hours I had signs of fermentation and its chugging along like a good un now...smells devine

I've been asked to trial it and have to say a slow start was my experience. Very slow start, 48 hours before noticeable signs of activity and then a very turbid looking yeast all through fermentation and stayed that way, didn't even drop with chilling. Took a long time to ferment (2 weeks) and missed the estimated FG by 3 points (71% attenuation) but would probably have come down 1 more in conditioning but I forgot to measure to be sure. It was given a decent wort to work with, decent calcium levels and pH at 5.3, so no excuses, maybe I should have given it a squirt of O2 but it shouldn't need it.

[BigMouth]

That's a shame I've had very good results with M44 - The beer in this post viewtopic.php?f=16&t=2241&start=7800#p791378 was done with it.

I just comented on your awesome clarity in the what's everyone supping thread and I mentioned my own tasty but not yet clear American ale.
Now, in another thread, I see you also used M44 yeast!
I usually do British beers with M07 ( or captured bengal lancer yeast) and didn't see how this was any different to M44 ( bengal lancer is the boss). Nice beer but the hops were US this time.
Not sure what a change of yeast did. Although I have reused the M44 yeast since in my next beer - another US one for the summer based on chinook in primary atm.
So clarity, forget fresh, long time at 1c in the garage fridge?