AG#44 - American Pale Ale

[floydmeddler]

Right... Gravity is 1012 and will hopefully stay there. Cranked the heat up to 24c to ensure everything that needs to ferment, will ferment. Will also rouse the yeast as, to be honest, I reckon it hasn't finished yet; after all, it is S05 in liquid form isn't it?

Taste wise? WOW! Major hop hit. Really fresh and super citrusy. Flavour is just amazing. Really glad I didn't boil these flavouring hops for 10 mins or 5 mins which is what I would have done before. Best flavour hits I've had have all defs come from a steeping at 80c for 30 mins and making sure I stir gently.

So far, so very,very good with this one. Really want to get it bottled ASAP.

[critch]

sounds like a good brew floyd, id say a good percentage of micros use c varietal hops in the uk, know the most of the ones round my way do anyhow!

[floydmeddler]

Yep, they've definitely hit these shores with a bang. Love them!

[floydmeddler]

Took a few mini kegs of this to a family gathering over the wknd and everyone loved it. We drank 20 pints in no time. Super duper hoppy which is what I was after. Great thing is that the gravity has stopped at 1012! Yes! My ridiculously high mash temp worked a treat! A definite keeper.

[adm]

Nice work.

My last US05 beer has gone down from 1.046 to 1.007.....I bottled some today, so I hope it's about finished or thereabouts, or there'll be beer on the walls when the bottles explode.

I think the more recent batches of this yeast I've used have been attenuating more than I remember.

[bosium]

Floyd, re the high attenuation you've been having - have you checked your thermometer? It only needs to be out a few degrees to make a big difference to your beer.

I recently had the same problem, all my beers were drying out much more than I wanted despite apparently high mash temps. I've just kegged an Oktoberfest lager that went from 1.054 to 1.009, tastes like bone dry rocketfuel, no head and absolutely no chill haze so I'm thinking it was probably sitting down near protein-rest temperatures for most of the mash.

It could also be your hydrometer, worth checking too. Glad the beer's gone down well though!