Sorry had to resurrect this thread, been off the forum for a bit over Chrimbo cause of the computer dying on me, great when they work, expensive when they go '
very' wrong.
Not to worry, because my Styrian Stunner has turned out excellent, thanks Vossy for posting the recipe, me also being a fan of Youngs, Champion in particular, I just had to give it a go.
I stuck to the recipe, apart from I used the T-58 yeast, and yes it does give it a different taste to that of S-04, the head retention is very good also, and as you can see with lots of tiny bubbles rising ages after you've poured it. It has to be the quickest clearing beer I have ever made, maybe it's the different yeast. I left it at 1050 OG and it got down to 1009 which gives a nice 5.7% ABV. A lot stronger than I meant, I must have gotten good efficiency that day. The bottles were primed with 5ml glucose per litre.
The sediment is quite stable already, even though it's not been in the cool yet to mature. You only lose that last cm of the bottle, although this should improve with time. The sediment is quite white compared to that of S-04 which is more of a cream yellow.
My lovely wife got me a bottle of Champion so will post a side by side comparison picture later.
Give it a blast, its great, and thanks Vossy.
I might do a 5G batch and a split fermentation with both yeasts. Sounds like fun.
