Riwaka Pale Ale

[soupdragon]

Couple of minor adjustments made prior to tomorrows brew day.

60g at flame out reduced to 50g and the dry hop upped to 60g.
Also will only use 1 sachet of yeast for this brew.
Looking forward to this

Cheers Tom

[soupdragon]

Well it's in the fermenter.

It's my first time using Rob's West Coast style yeast. I hope it behaves itself
Has anybody got previous with this yeast?

Cheers Tom

[seymour]

Well it's in the fermenter...

Congrats, here's hoping it turns out great!

...It's my first time using Rob's West Coast style yeast. I hope it behaves itself. Has anybody got previous with this yeast?

It's almost certainly just the California Ale/Sierra Nevada/Chico/US-05 strain. If so, the answer is yes, we've all got experience with it. It'll be a high-attenuating and very neutral fermentor, letting the hops do the talking which is what you want here.

[soupdragon]

I hope it settles a bit quicker than us-05

Cheers Tom

[seymour]

I hope it settles a bit quicker than us-05

I predict it'll perform identically. That said, who cares? Clarity is overrated, and clarifying agents scrub-away some of your precious hops character too. But if a little haze bothers you, then you should always add a little Irish Moss to the boil kettle with about 15 min remaining.

[soupdragon]

I use Protafloc in the boil.

A bit of haze doesn't bother me. I don't use and finings apart from the Protafloc, it's just the amount of sediment that ends up in the keg that's a bit of a pain.
I'm probably being a bit too fussy but I'd feel happier kegging something that's at least started to clear down

Cheers Tom

[seymour]

I use Protafloc in the boil. A bit of haze doesn't bother me. I don't use and finings apart from the Protafloc, it's just the amount of sediment that ends up in the keg that's a bit of a pain. I'm probably being a bit too fussy but I'd feel happier kegging something that's at least started to clear down.

Gotcha, that makes sense. I still think you'll be very happy with the way this beer turns out. Cheers!

[soupdragon]

It will be beer, that's the main thing

Cheers Tom

[critch]

right tom id not describe riwaka as grapefruity i would the chinook though

ps good to see em getting used

[soupdragon]

The mrs was giving me some grief about the amount of hops I've got in the freezer so I just had to get a brew on, I just blamed you

I don't know where I got the grapefruit thing from? The dead flame out hops did smell gorgeous though Maybe I should have left them longer than 30 mins
One of these days I'll grow the b@lls to do something really hoppy. Maybe use 400g in a brew just for the hell of it. I've got a good stock of American hops along with some Aussie and NZ leaf. I do need to use some of them up so I may experiment with my next brew rather than do another Bombay IPA ( it is nice though ).

Cheers Tom

[floydmeddler]

Maybe use 400g in a brew just for the hell of it.

I did this. It's not for the faint hearted...

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[soupdragon]

He he he

Cheers Tom

[soupdragon]

That's the dry hops in.

I must get some more marbles to weigh the bag down. Those hops do want to float don't they? That's with only 60g too, what they going to be like when I use 100g +

Cheers Tom